# Incident 19990327039909I: Amtr BUCCANEER, Plymouth, FL, March 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Plymouth, FL
- Airport: Orlanda Country Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6922° N, 81.5473° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6922&lon=-81.5473&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4284V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4284V-2008-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vilches Oscar BUCCANEER II B2B-582 (registry code 05605R4, https://openairdocs.org/model/vilches-oscar-buccaneer-ii-b2b-582) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BUCCANEER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 180 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990327039909I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 27, 1999, MR. OSCAR L. VILCHES ELECTED TO FLY HIS HOMEBUILT VILCHES BUCCANEER II B2 AIRPLANE ONE TIME AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT AORLANDO COUNTRY AIRPORT, PLYMOUTH, FLORIDA. DURING TAKE OFF AND AT APPROXIMATEYL 600 FEET AGL THE ENGINE QUIT.  MR. VILCHES PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING APPROXIMATELY 0.5 SM NORTH O FTHE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED ONTO SOME MEDIUM SIZE (15-30 FEET) PINE TREES AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE UPON IMPACT WITH THE TREES.

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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