20050526009959I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr CHALLENGER 2 · Burlington, WA · May 26, 2005

Date
May 26, 2005 · 16:00 local
Place
Burlington, WA
Airport
Skagit/Bay View_ndb
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N911EV
Reported as
Amtr CHALLENGER2
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX582
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
410 total210 in this make and model6 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) The pilot of N911EV experienced a complete loss of engine power shortly after take-off from Skagit regional airport. The pilot immediately established the aircraft's best angle of glide and landed the aircraft in a nearby field approximately two miles off of the airport. The aircraft sustained damage to the nose landing gear and the right and left float spreader bar.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT OF N911EV EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM SKAGIT REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY ESTABLISHED THE AIRCRAFT'S BEST ANGLE OF GLIDE AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A NEARBY FIELD APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES OFF OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THE RIGHT AND LEFT FLOAT SPREADER BAR.