# Incident 19981013036809I: Amtr NIEUPORT28, Tupelo, MS, October 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1998, 17:02 local time
- Place: Tupelo, MS
- Airport: Tupelo Municipal - C D Lemons
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2576° N, 88.7034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tupelo, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2576&lon=-88.7034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8103N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8103N-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ellsworth Thomas C NIEUPORT (registry code 0564025, https://openairdocs.org/model/ellsworth-thomas-c-nieuport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR NIEUPORT28
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981013036809I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-5)REGION OPERATIONS CENTER CONTACTED FSDO 10-13-98 ADVISING THAT AIRCRAFT HAD LOST ENGINE POWER AND LANDED SAFELY ON TUPELO, MS RESIDENTIAL STREET, NO DAMAGE/INJURY.  SPARK PLUG HAD BEEN BLOWN FROM ONE CYLINDER.  STRIPPED THREADS ON CYLINDER.  PILOT REPLACED PLUG, ASSISTED BY HELICOIL INSERT, FLEW A/C BACK TO TUP.

## Other reports on N8103N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960620014609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960620014609I), Jun 20, 1996: Amtr NIEUPORT24 (N8103N), Almyra, AR, Minor damage. Narrative: on June 20, 1996, at 1630 gmt, an amateur-built aircraft, N8103N, operated by dwight k. rudder, took off at Almyra airport and lost complete engine…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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