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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV-4 · Palacios, TX · February 2, 1994

Date: February 2, 1994 · 13:30 local
Place: Palacios, TX
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Copter/Run Takoff)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N326RV
Reported as: Amtr RV4
Reported engine: Lycoming O320B2B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total56 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N326RVRegistration cancelled Mar 10, 1995 · Johs Robert W RV-4S/N 563 Airframe modelJohs Robert W RV-4

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.

Narrative: pilot stated: at rotation pilot noticed oil pressure at zero. A straight ahead emergency landing was initiated. The aircraft landed on the runway but was unable to stop before running off the end, into a fence. The pilot was not injured. The aircraft sustained damage to both wings (from fence posts), left main landing gear, propeller and tailwheel. There was no fire. Inspection of the aircraft disclosed that the electrical oil pressure sending unit failed causing a false indication. This incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED: AT ROTATION PILOT NOTICED OIL PRESSURE AT ZERO. A STRAIGHT AHEAD EMERGENCY LANDING WAS INITIATED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE END, INTO A FENCE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS (FROM FENCE POSTS), LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER AND TAILWHEEL. THERE WAS NO FIRE. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DISCLOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT FAILED CAUSING A FALSE INDICATION. THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.