# Incident 20050924021069I: Slings RUMPLERMKC5, Bethel, PA, September 24, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bethel, PA
- Airport: Grimes Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4848° N, 76.2636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRIMES (8N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4848&lon=-76.2636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1915E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1915E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Slingsby RUMPLER MK C5 (registry code 0562031, https://openairdocs.org/model/slingsby-rumpler-mk-c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SLINGS RUMPLERMKC5
- Reported engine: DHAV GIPSYMAJOR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050924021069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED THE FIELD ON RUNWAY 11 AND MADE A RIGHT TURN TO THE SOUTH. HE PASSED OVER INTERSTATE 78 AND THEN THE ENGINE BEGAN LOSING POWER. HE NOTICED A 400 RPM DROP AND FELT HE COULD NOT MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING. HE DECIDED TO LAND IN THE FIELD ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF INTERSTATE 78 FROM THE AIRPORT. UPON LANDING, HE MADE A GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT, STRIKING THE LEFT WING TIP ON THE GROUND. AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, IT NOSED OVER STRIKING THE GROUND WITH THE PROPELLER. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT LH MAIN WHEEL AND LANDING GEAR STRUT. THE LH WING TIP WAS DAMAGED AS WELL AS RIB AND SPAR DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND, ONLY ONE BLADE HAD ANY INDICATION OF SCRATCHING OR DIRT ON THE PROPELLER, AND THE PROPELLER SPINNER SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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