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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV8 · Paso Robles, CA · September 25, 2001

Date: September 25, 2001 · 11:30 local
Place: Paso Robles, CA
Airport: Paso Robles Municipal
Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7470B
Reported as: Amtr RV8
Reported engine: Continental IO360*
Pilot’s flight hours: 23,000 total43 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) N7470B experienced sudden power loss while on downwind leg to runway 31 at kprb. Unable to restart the engine and unable to glide to either runay 31 or runway 2 the pilot elected to land between the runways in an area that had been plowed. The bounces on the rough surface, slowed and nosed over before stopping. The pilot was uninjured. The airplane received minor damage to left wing tip and vertical stabilizer caps.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N7470B EXPERIENCED SUDDEN POWER LOSS WHILE ON DOWNWIND LEG TO RUNWAY 31 AT KPRB. UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND UNABLE TO GLIDE TO EITHER RUNAY 31 OR RUNWAY 2 THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND BETWEEN THE RUNWAYS IN AN AREA THAT HAD BEEN PLOWED. THE BOUNCES ON THE ROUGH SURFACE, SLOWED AND NOSED OVER BEFORE STOPPING. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING TIP AND VERTICAL STABILIZER CAPS.