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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lewisj LEGAL EAGLE · Easton, PA · September 13, 2007

Date: September 13, 2007 · 10:00 local
Place: Easton, PA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9149T
Reported as: Lewisj Legaleagle
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total0 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N9149TRegistered now · Lewis Jacob T JR LEGAL EAGLES/N 104 · Built 2005 Airframe modelLewis Jacob T JR LEGAL EAGLE Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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) Experimental amateur built aircraft. The owner was having some ignition problems and so decided to change all of the ignition parts. Run-up appeared normal so performed a take-off. 5 minutes into the take-off the engine lost ignition and the engine subsequently stopped. The aircraft hit some bushes and trees near the airport, shearing off the landing gear and some other minor damage to the aircraft. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT. THE OWNER WAS HAVING SOME IGNITION PROBLEMS AND SO DECIDED TO CHANGE ALL OF THE IGNITION PARTS. RUN-UP APPEARED NORMAL SO PERFORMED A TAKE-OFF. 5 MINUTES INTO THE TAKE-OFF THE ENGINE LOST IGNITION AND THE ENGINE SUBSEQUENTLY STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT HIT SOME BUSHES AND TREES NEAR THE AIRPORT, SHEARING OFF THE LANDING GEAR AND SOME OTHER MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES.