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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr IV1200 · Wareham, MA · September 7, 2006

Date
September 7, 2006 · 16:02 local
Place
Wareham, MA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N60364
Reported as
Amtr IV1200
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX912
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total530 in this make and model25 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) The pilot privacy data omitted departed from kpym and flew locally for an hour and was returning to kpym when his engine quit. He observed that the right fuel tank still had fuel in it. He made an emergency landing in a cranberry bog and ended up nose down in a ditch and neither he nor his passenger were injured. The aircraft at the scene was found with fuel still remaining in the right tank, left tank empty and the fuel cap missing from the right tank. The pilot's privacy data omitted right fuel cap was found on the ramp at kpym and the FSDO was notified that the airport manager had possession of the cap as of 9/11/06. The header tank was found to be full at the scene.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ DEPARTED FROM KPYM AND FLEW LOCALLY FOR AN HOUR AND WAS RETURNING TO KPYM WHEN HIS ENGINE QUIT. HE OBSERVED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK STILL HAD FUEL IN IT. HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CRANBERRY BOG AND ENDED UP NOSE DOWN IN A DITCH AND NEITHER HE NOR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT AT THE SCENE WAS FOUND WITH FUEL STILL REMAINING IN THE RIGHT TANK, LEFT TANK EMPTY AND THE FUEL CAP MISSING FROM THE RIGHT TANK. THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ RIGHT FUEL CAP WAS FOUND ON THE RAMP AT KPYM AND THE FSDO WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE AIRPORT MANAGER HAD POSSESSION OF THE CAP AS OF 9/11/06. THE HEADER TANK WAS FOUND TO BE FULL AT THE SCENE.