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FAA incident report · Amtrhy SNS7 · Denver, CO · March 21, 1995

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Date
March 21, 1995 · 16:30 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Front Range Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N265HB
Reported as
Amtrhy SNS7
Reported engine
Continental IO360A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total50 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days
N265HBRegistered now · Hill-Cannon SORRELL SNS-7S/N 265 · Built 1982Airframe modelHill-Cannon SORRELL SNS-7Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft took off from ft. collins downtown airpark from runway 29 and turned east. At approximately 3 miles from airport the pilot reduced power and the engine began running rough. Increasing mixture and turning on boost pump did not solve problem. Pilot landed in a field near the intersection of highway 14 and I25. On roll out the pilot turned left and then right to avoid a ditch at which time the left gear dug into the sod causing it to fold back. Damage to the aircraft was limited to a hole in the fabric covered plywood skin from the left gear folding back. The left motor mount broke and there was a crack in the lower cowling where the left gear attaches to the motor mount. Engine running rough was due to water contamination in fuel tank. Mechanic found a pocket of water in the tank after draining out all the fuel and inspecting the tank.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM FT. COLLINS DOWNTOWN AIRPARK FROM RUNWAY 29 AND TURNED EAST. AT APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM AIRPORT THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. INCREASING MIXTURE AND TURNING ON BOOST PUMP DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 14 AND I25. ON ROLL OUT THE PILOT TURNED LEFT AND THEN RIGHT TO AVOID A DITCH AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT GEAR DUG INTO THE SOD CAUSING IT TO FOLD BACK. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO A HOLE IN THE FABRIC COVERED PLYWOOD SKIN FROM THE LEFT GEAR FOLDING BACK. THE LEFT MOTOR MOUNT BROKE AND THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE LOWER COWLING WHERE THE LEFT GEAR ATTACHES TO THE MOTOR MOUNT. ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH WAS DUE TO WATER CONTAMINATION IN FUEL TANK. MECHANIC FOUND A POCKET OF WATER IN THE TANK AFTER DRAINING OUT ALL THE FUEL AND INSPECTING THE TANK.