# Incident 20020410010779I: Amtr MUSTANGTHUND, Lakeland, FL, April 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2002, 13:15 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58EE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MUSTANGTHUND
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020410010779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE SETTING UP FOR A PASS AT THE LAKELAND AIRPORT, DURING THE SUN N FUN MANUFACTURERS SHOWCASE, THE CANOPY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 500 FEET AGL WITH A SPEED OF APPROX. 250 KTS. A NORMAL LANDING WAS COMPLETED AFTER THE CANOPY FAILED. INSPECTION OF THE LATCH SYSTEM SHOWED THAT IT WAS STILL POSITIVELY LATCHED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE. THE PIECES OF CANOPY LANDED IN A CONGESTED AREA WITH NO INJURIES. MOST OF THE PIECES OF CANOPY WERE PICKED UP AND TAKEN BY SPECTATORS SO A DETERMINATION OF EXACTLY WHAT FAILED MAY NEVER BE KNOWN.

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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