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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr 173RGVELCITY · Lancaster, OH · June 10, 2001

Date: June 10, 2001 · 08:00 local
Place: Lancaster, OH
Airport: Fairfield County Airport
Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N238A
Reported as: Amtr 173RGVELCITY
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

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.

(-23)During first flight of the experimental/amateur built aircraft in the test area, the experimental engine shut down uncommanded and could not be restarted in flight. The aircraft landed in a planted corn field, receiving damage to the nose and main landing gear, propeller, left wing tip area, fuselage belly and bottom of the engine cowling.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)DURING FIRST FLIGHT OF THE EXPERIMENTAL/AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT IN THE TEST AREA, THE EXPERIMENTAL ENGINE SHUT DOWN UNCOMMANDED AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED IN FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A PLANTED CORN FIELD, RECEIVING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE AND MAIN LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER, LEFT WING TIP AREA, FUSELAGE BELLY AND BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE COWLING.