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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr SE5A REPLICA · Aurora, CO · March 18, 2000

Date
March 18, 2000 · 17:00 local
Place
Aurora, CO
Airport
Aurora Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1917J
Reported as
Amtr SE5AREPLICA
Reported engine
Continental C85*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
130 total65 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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 was making a take-off, the fuel tanks were full, and after becoming airborne, the aicraft's engine began to lose power. The pilot made am emergency landing. The field was soft and the landing gear collapsed. The aircraft suffered minor damage. The pilot was counseled on proper pre-flight and checklist procedures. No problem was found with the engine.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A TAKE-OFF, THE FUEL TANKS WERE FULL, AND AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, THE AICRAFT'S ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE PILOT MADE AM EMERGENCY LANDING. THE FIELD WAS SOFT AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON PROPER PRE-FLIGHT AND CHECKLIST PROCEDURES. NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND WITH THE ENGINE.