# Incident 19990716039579I: Amtr EXEC162F, Tampa, FL, July 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1999, 15:35 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43FL-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pudela Paul J EXEC 162F (registry code 0560411, https://openairdocs.org/model/pudela-paul-j-exec-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EXEC162F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 275 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990716039579I

## Narrative

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

(.23)ON JULY 16, 1999, AT 1535 EDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT ROTORWAY EXEC 162F, N43FL, REGISTERED TO MR. PAUL J. PUDELA EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE INBOUND FORA LANDING 3 MILES EAST OF VANDENBERG AIRPORT, TAMPA, FLORIDA. THE PILOT STATED HE ENTERED INOT EMERGENCY AUTOROATATION AND LANDED.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

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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