# Incident 19970910026059I: Hoacau DV20, Ormond Beach, FL, September 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1997, 17:48 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2858° N, 81.0559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ormond Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2858&lon=-81.0559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N534SS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HOACAU DV20
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 288 total, 32 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970910026059I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PIC DEPARTED X47 APPROX. 17:37 (L) RETURNING TO DAB. PIC CONTACTED DAB APPROACH 17:44 AT 17:47 PIC REPORTED SMOKE, ENGINE INSTRUMENTS NORMAL, SMOKE SMELLED LIKE BURNT OIL. DURING CALL TO DAB, PIC HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM ENGINE FOLLOWED BY ENGINE STOPPAGE, PROPELLER STOPPED. PIC DECIDED TO EXECUTE EMERGENCY LDG. PROCEDURE. THE MOST SUITABLE LANDING AREA WAS 1-95. THE FORCED LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH NO INJURIES TIME 17:48. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN ENGINE. PISTON ROD CAME THROUGH SIDE OF BLOCK. ENGINE UNDER TBO.

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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