# Incident 20010630022849I: Amtr BABYACED, Mcalpin, FL, June 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2001, 08:45 local time
- Place: Mcalpin, FL
- Airport: Little River Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1149° N, 82.9090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LITTLE RIVER (FL10), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1149&lon=-82.9090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N460BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N460BW-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bloomfield Robert H BABY ACE D (registry code 0030471, https://openairdocs.org/model/bloomfield-robert-h-baby-ace-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BABYACED
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 75 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010630022849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 30, 2001, AT 0845 EDT, A BABY ACE, EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, N460BW, REGISTERED TO RALPH'S FLYING SERVICE, LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE LITTLE RIVER AIRPORT, MCALPIN, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MCALPIN, FLORIDA ON JUNE 30, 2001, AT 0825 HOURS. THE ENGINE, A CONTINENTAL 65, HAD BEEN MODIFIED WITH LARGER PISTONS AND CYLINDERS TO INCREASE THE HORSEPOWER TO APPROXIMATELY 80. A THREE-BLADED COMPOSITE "WARP DRIVE" PROP WAS INSTALLED. A 12 GALLON FUEL TANK, MOUNTED IN THE FUSELAGE, SUPPLIED FUEL TO THE CARBURETOR THROUGH AN ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP. AUTO FUEL WAS USED ALONG WITH AVIATION FUEL. THE IMPACT BROKE OFF THE CARBURETOR, FUEL GASCOLATOR, AND OIL TANK AND SUBSEQUENTLY DRAINED ALL FUEL FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND ALL OIL FROM THE ENGINE. THE AMOUNT OF FUEL ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

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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