# Incident 19980607012479I: Kreps Curtis PRESCOTT PUSHER, Lima, OH, June 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1998, 14:20 local time
- Place: Lima, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7407° N, 84.1121° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lima, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7407&lon=-84.1121&mi=10
- Aircraft: N225CK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N225CK-2001-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kreps Curtis PRESCOTT PUSHER (registry code 056129L, https://openairdocs.org/model/kreps-curtis-prescott-pusher) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported engine: LYC O540J1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980607012479I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIMENTAL ACFT LOST POWER, MADE EMERG LANDING IN A FIELD, GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING, LIMA, OH.(-5) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF IN VFR CONDITIONS AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET MSL WHEN HE NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION. HE REDUCED POWER, HEARD A LOUD POP, THE VIBRATION BECAME VIOLENT AND HE LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. HE SELECTED A FIELD AND LANDED. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND UNDERSIDE.

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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