# Incident 20030516009689I: Goodyr FG1D, Era, TX, May 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2003, 14:15 local time
- Place: Era, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4954° N, 97.2881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Era, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4954&lon=-97.2881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N451FG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N451FG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Goodyear FG1D (registry code 3870512, https://openairdocs.org/model/goodyear-fg1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GOODYR FG1D
- Reported engine: PWA R2800CB3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 270 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030516009689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5/16/2003, AT 14:15 LOCAL, A GOODYEAR FG-1D CORSAIR, N451FG OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CAVANAUGH FLIGHT MUSEUM LANDED GEAR UP IN A FIELD FOLLOWING AN ENGINE FAILURE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED ADDISON AIRPORT AT 14:00 EN ROUTE TO DENVER, CO. TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AIRCRAFT EXHIBITION. DURING THE VFR THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE OIL COOLER DEVELOPED A LEAK. PROPELLER GOVERNOR CAVITATED AND ALLOWED PROP TO GO TO FLAT PITCH, OVERSPEEDING THE ENGINE (3600 RPM). OIL TEMPS AND PRESS. NORMAL PRIOR TO ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT WAS UNINJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE.

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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