# Incident 19990617034539I: Amtr S1C, Albuquerque, NM, June 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1999, 09:27 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47BS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR S1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990617034539I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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