# Incident 20001112018859I: Amtr RANSS4, Sebastian, FL, November 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2000, 08:35 local time
- Place: Sebastian, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7792° N, 80.4827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sebastian, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7792&lon=-80.4827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59TT-2012-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tomaszewski Tommy E RANS S-4 COYOTE (registry code 056077V, https://openairdocs.org/model/tomaszewski-tommy-e-rans-s-4-coyote) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS4
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001112018859I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 11/12/2000, AT AROUND 0800 AM, THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED ABOUT 50% POWER LOSS WHILE CLIMBING TOWARDS 1500FT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO SEBASTIAN AIRPORT, THE POWER DROPPED TO 3500 RPM.  BECAUSE OF THE LOW RPM, THE PILOT DECIDE TO LAND ON THE BEACH OF THE LONGPORT PARK CAMP GROUND LOCATED NEAR SEBASTIAN, FL.  ON APPROACH THE PILOT NOSED OVER AND THEN PULLED UP TO GATHER AIRSPEED TO AVOID HITTING A PARKED VEHICLE.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO IT'S LANDING GEAR AND PROP.  ON 11/13/00, TELEPHONE MESSAGE REVEALED THE FOLLOWING:  AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE PISTION IN THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER WAS DAMAGED.  THIS OFFICE HAS ACQUIRED THE ASSISTANCE OF A ROTAX ENGINE TECH REPRESENTATIVE TO INVESTIGATE THE ENGINE FAILURE  PILOT STATEMENT ATTACHED.

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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