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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr SONEX · Tularosa, NM · February 22, 2002

Date: February 22, 2002
Place: Tularosa, NM
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N53NM
Reported as: Amtr Sonex
Reported engine: AMTR JABIRU2200
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,245 total7 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N53NMRegistered now · Schaefer John F SONEXS/N 53 · Built 2001 Airframe modelSchaefer John F SONEX Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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) History of flight: on February 22, 2002 at approx. 1245 MST, a Sonex homebuilt, N53NM owned by john schaefer, privacy data omitted during cruise at tularose, NM, appeared to have lost power to the engine and was forced to make an emergency landing in an open hay field. The flight was a personal flight under VFR. It appears Mr. Phillips did not file a flight plan. The aircraft little damaged and the pilot received no injuries. The pilot holds a commercial certificate. The flight originated at alamogorda, NM.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON FEBRUARY 22, 2002 AT APPROX. 1245 MST, A SONEX HOMEBUILT, N53NM OWNED BY JOHN SCHAEFER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING CRUISE AT TULAROSE, NM, APPEARED TO HAVE LOST POWER TO THE ENGINE AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN HAY FIELD. THE FLIGHT WAS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER VFR. IT APPEARS MR. PHILLIPS DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT LITTLE DAMAGED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALAMOGORDA, NM.