# Incident 20080124012869I: Excali EXCALI, Polluck, LA, January 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2008, 17:00 local time
- Place: Polluck, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N127ZX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N127ZX-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Excalibur EXCAL I (registry code 05904VN, https://openairdocs.org/model/excalibur-excal-i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EXCALI EXCALI
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080124012869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS OPERATING AN UNCERTIFICATED LIGHT-SPORT AIRPLANE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SUSPECTED AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION AFTER ENCOUNTERING AN UPDRAFT DURING THE APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT AND ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD NEAR THE AIRPORT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HIT A RUT DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT. THE PILOT-OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE FUEL ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE DID NOT FIND ANY MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WITH THE ENGINE AFTER THE INCIDENT. HE ALSO REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER THE INCIDENT.

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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