19990617034539I

Incident

FAA incident report · Amtr S1C · Albuquerque, NM · June 17, 1999

Date: June 17, 1999 · 09:27 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N47BS
Reported as: Amtr S1C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On June 17, 1999, at 0927 MST, a pitts S1-C, N47BS, registered to david otero, had the right hand outer aileron hinge fail on the right hand lower wing while performing a roll on a pleasure flight. The aircraft landed at the Albuquerque airport with out incident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft sustained no damage and no injuries were sustained. The flight originated at the coronado airport, on June 17, 1999.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 17, 1999, AT 0927 MST, A PITTS S1-C, N47BS, REGISTERED TO DAVID OTERO, HAD THE RIGHT HAND OUTER AILERON HINGE FAIL ON THE RIGHT HAND LOWER WING WHILE PERFORMING A ROLL ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE ALBUQUERQUE AIRPORT WITH OUT INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE CORONADO AIRPORT, ON JUNE 17, 1999.