19990809025029I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Challengerii · Roberta, OK · August 9, 1999

Date: August 9, 1999 · 09:48 local
Place: Roberta, OK
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: NONE
Reported as: Amtr Challengerii
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2

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) The aircraft had departed a private airstrip on hwy 70E southeast of durant, OK. The aircraft was reported to be on an east heading following the highway. Eyewitnesses observed the aircraft at about 200 feet when they reported that the wings folded and the aircraft flew straight down. The accident site did not indicate that there was an airframe failure. The propeller had fabric wrapped around the hub and the blades were broken off down to the hubs. Privacy data omitted privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP ON HWY 70E SOUTHEAST OF DURANT, OK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO BE ON AN EAST HEADING FOLLOWING THE HIGHWAY. EYEWITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT AT ABOUT 200 FEET WHEN THEY REPORTED THAT THE WINGS FOLDED AND THE AIRCRAFT FLEW STRAIGHT DOWN. THE ACCIDENT SITE DID NOT INDICATE THAT THERE WAS AN AIRFRAME FAILURE. THE PROPELLER HAD FABRIC WRAPPED AROUND THE HUB AND THE BLADES WERE BROKEN OFF DOWN TO THE HUBS. PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^