19990527022549I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm 114 · Lansing, MI · May 27, 1999

Date
May 27, 1999 · 14:00 local
Place
Lansing, MI
Airport
Capital City
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4950W
Reported as
Gulstm 114
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540B1C5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
190 total66 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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.

(-5)Aircraft departed biv and during climb-out at approx. 2000 ft, 3 mi south of the airport, the engine lost power back to idle, as reported by the pilot. The aircraft was landed in a plowed field and sustained minor damage after collapse of nose gear. Subsequent investigation, engine and component inspection and testing, could not determine reason for power loss.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BIV AND DURING CLIMB-OUT AT APPROX. 2000 FT, 3 MI SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER BACK TO IDLE, AS REPORTED BY THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER COLLAPSE OF NOSE GEAR. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION, ENGINE AND COMPONENT INSPECTION AND TESTING, COULD NOT DETERMINE REASON FOR POWER LOSS.