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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Jennyreplica · Ono, PA · July 11, 2004

Date
July 11, 2004 · 10:55 local
Place
Ono, PA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N834W
Reported as
Amtr Jennyreplica
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX582
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
290 total13 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot decided to perform a precautionary landing due to concern with low fuel. Upon landing in a soybean field, the aircraft overturned damaging the engine, cowl, propeller, landing gear and wings. Approach to the field was west to east under VMC conditions. Soybeans were too high for a successful landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DECIDED TO PERFORM A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO CONCERN WITH LOW FUEL. UPON LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED DAMAGING THE ENGINE, COWL, PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR AND WINGS. APPROACH TO THE FIELD WAS WEST TO EAST UNDER VMC CONDITIONS. SOYBEANS WERE TOO HIGH FOR A SUCCESSFUL LANDING.