# Incident 20020922025269I: Amtr HEATHPARASOL, Post Falls, ID, September 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2002, 12:00 local time
- Place: Post Falls, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7256° N, 116.9442° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Post Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7256&lon=-116.9442&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2768P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HEATHPARASOL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 25 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/20020922025269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FARM FIELD DUE TO TOUGH RUNNING ENGINE. PILOT DETERMINED PROBLEM MAY HAVE BEEN CARBURETOR ICE. GROUND POWER CHECK WAS GOOD AND PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE HIS FLIGHT. THERE WERE ABOUT 20 HORSES IN THIS FARM FIELD BUT WERE LOCATED AWAY FROM THE TAKE OFF PATH. THE PILOT STARTED HIS TAKE OFF RUN AND THE HORSES DECIDED TO RACE HIM AND THEN GET IN FRONT OF HIM. HE CUT POWER AND SWERVED TO MISS THE HORSES AND HIT A ROCK DAMAGING THE LANDING GEAR AND THE LEFT WING TIP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER PILOT OR HORSE. AIRCRAFT IS TUBE AND FABRIC CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGED WAS MINOR.

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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