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FAA incident report · Barfne VELOCITY SUV · Olney, TX · July 8, 2007

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Date
July 8, 2007 · 10:30 local
Place
Olney, TX
Airport
Olney Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N292F
Reported as
Barfne Velocitysuv
Reported engine
JABIRU JABIRU5100
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
290 total62 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days
N292FRegistered now · Barfknecht P/Ray C VELOCITY SUVS/N SUV124 · Built 2005Airframe modelBarfknecht P/Ray C VELOCITY SUVEngine modelLycoming IO-360-C1E6Reciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) N292F was approaching the Olney, TX (kony) airport and experienced a severe engine vibration followed by an engine failure. The pilot-in-command (PIC), privacy data omitted attempted two restarts with no success. He declared his emergency on the common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) and proceeded to land. He did not have enough altitude to make an approach to one of the runways so he opted to land in the grass. N292F crossed one runway and came to rest in grass and mud. There were no injuries to the pilot who was the sole occupant or bystanders. There was no damage to airport facilities. Damage to the aircraft was minimal and verified by our designated airworthiness representative (dar), privacy data omitted. One blade of a three blade propeller separated from the aircraft in flight causing the engine vibration. The vibration shook the carburetors loose from the engine causing the engine failure and inability to restart. Also damaged were two throttle cables. No other damage was noted by the PIC or dar privacy data omitted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N292F WAS APPROACHING THE OLNEY, TX (KONY) AIRPORT AND EXPERIENCED A SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TWO RESTARTS WITH NO SUCCESS. HE DECLARED HIS EMERGENCY ON THE COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY (CTAF) AND PROCEEDED TO LAND. HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO MAKE AN APPROACH TO ONE OF THE RUNWAYS SO HE OPTED TO LAND IN THE GRASS. N292F CROSSED ONE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN GRASS AND MUD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OR BYSTANDERS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT FACILITIES. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINIMAL AND VERIFIED BY OUR DESIGNATED AIRWORTHINESS REPRESENTATIVE (DAR), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ONE BLADE OF A THREE BLADE PROPELLER SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT CAUSING THE ENGINE VIBRATION. THE VIBRATION SHOOK THE CARBURETORS LOOSE FROM THE ENGINE CAUSING THE ENGINE FAILURE AND INABILITY TO RESTART. ALSO DAMAGED WERE TWO THROTTLE CABLES. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED BY THE PIC OR DAR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.