# Incident 20010923027769I: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Bay St Louis, MS, September 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2001, 20:45 local time
- Place: Bay St Louis, MS
- Airport: Stennis International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3678° N, 89.4546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STENNIS INTL (HSA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3678&lon=-89.4546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89VE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89VE-2009-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vidrine Everett E DRAGONFLY (registry code 05644QP, https://openairdocs.org/model/vidrine-everett-e-dragonfly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRAGONFLY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 265 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010923027769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ON A LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED STENNIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HSA, ENROUTE TO SLIDELL AIRPORT WHEN SHORTLY AFTER REACHING CRUISE, THE PROPELLER SPINNER CAME LOOSE AND EXCESSIVE ENGINE VIBRATIONS RESULTED. THE PILOT LOOKED FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING AREA ON THE INTERSTATE 10 HIGHWAY AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE PILOT LANDED HARD ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THE NOSE GEAR FAILING AND THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE ROAD SURFACE.

## Other reports on N89VE (2)

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

- [Accident 20040723017929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040723017929A), Jul 23, 2004: Amtr DRAGONFLY (N89VE), Covington, LA, Destroyed. (-23) The pilot stated that the aircraft would not rotate until he reached the end of the 3000' runway. The aircraft struck the tops of a 60' tree line that…
- [Incident 19940528023099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940528023099I), May 28, 1994: Amtr DRAGONFLY (N89VE), Bloomington-Nor, IL, Minor damage. Engine backfired. Lost partial power on takeoff. 2 hydraulic valve lifters failed.

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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