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
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(-23) The pilot was ferrying the aircraft for the owner for maintenance when the engine oil and CHT temps went high and oil pressure dropped some. The engine began to run rough. The pilot turned back towards ellensberg airport from the west, decided he was not going to make the runway, and landed the lake amphib on it's keel gear up in a grassy pasture. No damage resulted from the emergency landing, and the ferry pilot was not injured.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT WAS FERRYING THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE OWNER FOR MAINTENANCE WHEN THE ENGINE OIL AND CHT TEMPS WENT HIGH AND OIL PRESSURE DROPPED SOME. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT TURNED BACK TOWARDS ELLENSBERG AIRPORT FROM THE WEST, DECIDED HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE RUNWAY, AND LANDED THE LAKE AMPHIB ON IT'S KEEL GEAR UP IN A GRASSY PASTURE. NO DAMAGE RESULTED FROM THE EMERGENCY LANDING, AND THE FERRY PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.
Other reports on N65675 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.