# Incident 19990215038089I: Amtr PITTSS1C, Melbourne, FL, February 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1999, 15:30 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16LW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16LW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Walters Linn R PITTS S1-C (registry code 7221182, https://openairdocs.org/model/walters-linn-r-pitts-s1-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSS1C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990215038089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N16LW A PITTS S-I-E PILOTED BY MR. LINN WALTERS WAS PERFORMING ACRABATICS IN THE VICINITY OF FLORIDANA BEACH, FL.  AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FT ALTITUDE.  THE PROPELLAR CAME OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CAUSED MR. WALTERS TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY A-IA APPROX. 17 NMS OF MELBOURNE.  NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES.

## Other reports on N16LW (1)

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

- [Accident 19940413000749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940413000749A), Apr 13, 1994: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1C (N16LW), Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage. Landing in crosswind. Looking on left outside failed note right drift. Hit bounced. Collided nose down. Nosed over.

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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