# Incident 20070817017899I: Airbau EDGEX, Fairbanks, AK, August 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2007, 18:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31585, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31585-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airborne Windsports EDGE X (registry code 05901DH, https://openairdocs.org/model/airborne-windsports-edge-x) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582UL DCDI (registry code 55563, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ul-dcdi) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBAU EDGEX
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070817017899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ACROSS RIVER IN THE PRACTICE AREA WHEN HIS ENGINE LOST POWER. HE MADE AN UNPOWERED LANDING IN SOME BRUSH IN A MUSKEG AREA WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE COWL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL WEIGHT SHIFT ULTRA LIGHT THAT QUALIFIES AS A LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT. POWERPLANT IS A 2 CYCLE ROTAX ENGINE. OUTSIDE AIR TEMP WAS 85 F DEGREES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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