FAA incident report · Hamilton Richard D JR RANS S9 · Mulberry, FL · May 8, 2026
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.
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Aircraft departed and lost power within 5-6 minutes, pilot landed aircraft in a dried-up swampy area where aircraft flipped over and pilot escaped with no injury.
AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND LOST POWER WITHIN 5-6 MINUTES, PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN A DRIED-UP SWAMPY AREA WHERE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND PILOT ESCAPED WITH NO INJURY.