20031009029749I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtr CH601XL · Armada, MI · October 9, 2003

Date
October 9, 2003 · 15:40 local
Place
Armada, MI
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N40410
Reported as
Amtr CH601XL
Reported engine
AMTR JABIRU3300
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total10 in this make and model220 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.

(-23) Shortly after takeoff the engine oil pressure dropped to zero and the engine ceased, without sufficient altitude Mr. Harris was forced to land in a plowed field, after touch down the nose gear submerged into soil causing the aircraft to turn over.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE CEASED, WITHOUT SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE MR. HARRIS WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A PLOWED FIELD, AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE GEAR SUBMERGED INTO SOIL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN OVER.