# Incident 20070426011159I: Amtr EDGE540, Georgetown, SC, April 26, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2007, 11:30 local time
- Place: Georgetown, SC
- Airport: Georgetown County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3114° N, 79.3203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEORGETOWN COUNTY (GGE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3114&lon=-79.3203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540DT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540DT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zivko Aeronautics EDGE 540 (registry code 056037G, https://openairdocs.org/model/zivko-aeronautics-edge-540) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EDGE540
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 340 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070426011159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED SOUTH FROM GEORGETOWN AIRPORT (GGE) NEAR GEORGETOWN, SC. ON CLIMBING LEFT TURN TO THE NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND RETURNED TO GGE. UPON LANDING IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AFT LEFT CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE CASE AND PUSHED OUT THROUGH THE COWLING. THE AFT PORTION OF THE CASE WAS DESTROYED AND THE AFT LEFT CONNECTION ROD SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT.

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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