# Incident 20010928028959I: Amtr TAILWINDW8, Dora, AL, September 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2001, 13:40 local time
- Place: Dora, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7281° N, 87.0813° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dora, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7281&lon=-87.0813&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27JT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27JT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tomlinson J J TAILWIND W-8 (registry code 9790847, https://openairdocs.org/model/tomlinson-j-j-tailwind-w-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TAILWINDW8
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 125 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/20010928028959I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ENROUTE FROM EVERGREEN, AL (G2H) DIRECT TO DECATUR, AL (DCU) AT 7500' AGL AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER 1.5 HOURS INTO FLIGHT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN PASTURE AIRCRAFT STRUCK FENCE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE INTO THE GROUND.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT INCLUDED BENDING OF BOTH MAIN GEAR STRUTS.  LOSS OF R/H MAIN LANDING GEAR.  ENGIEN MOUNT BENT AND CRACKED.  PROPELLER BLADES BENT, AND ENGINE COWLING DAMAGED.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED EVERGREEN, AL WITH FULL TANK (24 GALLONS).  VISUAL FUEL GAGE INDICATED AN EXCESS OF 14 GALLONS REMAINING.  FUEL VALVE WAS FREE AND IN THE OPEN POSITION.  FUEL SAMPLE FROM GASOLATOR SHOWED NO WATER OR PARTICLE CONTAMINATION.  FUEL RAN FREELY FROM SUMP DRAIN AT GASOLATOR.  ENGINE ROTATED FREELY AND INDICATED FULL OF OIL ON DIP STICK.  PILOT WAS NOT HURT IN ACCIDENT.  LATER INSPECTION OF FUEL STRAINER AT GASOLATER AND FINGER STRAINER AT THE CARBURATOR SHOWED NO CONTAMINATION PRESENT.  CARB ALTERNATE AIR VALVE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.  ALTITUDE, AIRSPEED, AND TEMPERATURE/HUMIDITY SUGGESTS CLEAR AIR ICING.

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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