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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VP1 · Grants Pass, OR · September 28, 1996

Date: September 28, 1996 · 13:20 local
Place: Grants Pass, OR
Airport: Josephine County/Grants Pass
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5823K
Reported as: Amtr VP1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 360 total36 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N5823KRegistration cancelled Jun 11, 2013 · Kesler Milton F EVANS VP-1S/N V-1901 · Built 1986 Airframe modelKesler Milton F EVANS VP-1 Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSIONReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: notified that an amateur-built aircraft, model evans VP-1, registration number N5823K, crashed while attempting to land at Grants Pass airport runway 30 after the pilot, raymond john bawden, reported his engine suddenly quitting. Pilot stated that the engine began sputtering while he circled the airport, then finally quit and he was unable to restart it. Damage to the aircraft is considered minor and limited to a wing tip, nose gear collapse, and a prop strike after the gear collapsed. A check of airman records revealed no one by this name with a FAA pilot certificate or current medical. Mr. Bawden failed to provide pilot certification at the scene for the investigating deputy sheriff and could not produce a certificate, a copy of a certificate, OR a certificate number during follow-up telephone conversations. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: NOTIFIED THAT AN AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT, MODEL EVANS VP-1, REGISTRATION NUMBER N5823K, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT GRANTS PASS AIRPORT RUNWAY 30 AFTER THE PILOT, RAYMOND JOHN BAWDEN, REPORTED HIS ENGINE SUDDENLY QUITTING. PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING WHILE HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT, THEN FINALLY QUIT AND HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS CONSIDERED MINOR AND LIMITED TO A WING TIP, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE, AND A PROP STRIKE AFTER THE GEAR COLLAPSED. A CHECK OF AIRMAN RECORDS REVEALED NO ONE BY THIS NAME WITH A FAA PILOT CERTIFICATE OR CURRENT MEDICAL. MR. BAWDEN FAILED TO PROVIDE PILOT CERTIFICATION AT THE SCENE FOR THE INVESTIGATING DEPUTY SHERIFF AND COULD NOT PRODUCE A CERTIFICATE, A COPY OF A CERTIFICATE, OR A CERTIFICATE NUMBER DURING FOLLOW-UP TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.