# Incident 20000707025189I: Amegle EAGLET230, Plano, TX, July 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2000, 12:45 local time
- Place: Plano, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0198° N, 96.6989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plano, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0198&lon=-96.6989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N548Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N548Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Eaglecraft EAGLET 230 (registry code 0650106, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-eaglecraft-eaglet-230) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Szekely SR-3-L (registry code 07001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/szekely-sr-3-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMEGLE EAGLET230
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000707025189I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOUD BANG AND A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. HE MADE A SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING ON A STREET IN PLANO, TEXAS AND DISCOVERED THAT A JUG ON THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN APART.

## Other reports on N548Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070609008339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070609008339I), Jun 9, 2007: Amegle EAGLET230 (N548Y), Denton, TX, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot experienced a loss of power enroute from gainesville (gle) to stage coach hills (4TX2) and made a successful emergency landing in a wheat field…

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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