# Incident 20050408004879I: Amtr RV9A, Springdale, AR, April 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2005, 12:00 local time
- Place: Springdale, AR
- Airport: Springdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1764° N, 94.1192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRINGDALE MUNI (ASG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1764&lon=-94.1192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N988TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N988TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Heisdorffer Roger RV9A (registry code 056112U, https://openairdocs.org/model/heisdorffer-roger-rv9a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV9A
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050408004879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 8, 2005, AT 1200 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A HEISDORFFER RV9A AMATEUR BUILT AIRPLANE N988TS, RECEIVED MINOR PROPELLER DAMAGE WHEN THE PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH AN ELECTRICAL POWER LINE 2 TO 3 MILES EAST OF SILOAM SPRINGS ARKANSAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO TRUTRAK FLIGHT SYSTEMS INC., OF SPRINGDALE ARKANSAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM SILOAM SPRINGS ARKANSAS AND WAS ENROUTE TO SPRINGDALE ARKANSAS.

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