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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aronca 65-TAC · East Livermore, ME · June 14, 2007

Date
June 14, 2007 · 20:05 local
Place
East Livermore, ME
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N36996
Reported as
Aronca 65TAC
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total400 in this make and model10 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) During cruise flight, the pilot privacy data omitted stated he lost power and was forced to land in a potato field. Fuel on board was not a factor, however fuel starvation due to a mechanical problem was the cause of the engine failure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE LOST POWER AND WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A POTATO FIELD. FUEL ON BOARD WAS NOT A FACTOR, HOWEVER FUEL STARVATION DUE TO A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE.