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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Justac Highlander · Anderson, SC · February 3, 2008

Date: February 3, 2008 · 13:50 local
Place: Anderson, SC
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N866SC
Reported as: Justac Highlander
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 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) On feb 3, 2008, the pilot privacy data omitted was flying in his hxb, just aircraft Highlander when he heard a different sound from the engine exhaust. He elected to land the airplane on a beach at lake hartwell, near Anderson, SC. After an uneventful landing, he exited the acft and noticed smoke from the engine compartment. He used a fire extinguisher from the airplane and extinguished a small electrical fire to the wires of the engine. There were no injuries to the pilot privacy data omitted or his passenger. After a phone conversation with the inspector in charge of this investigation, the pilot privacy data omitted moved the airplane to the factory where this airplane was built.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEB 3, 2008, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING IN HIS HXB, JUST AIRCRAFT HIGHLANDER WHEN HE HEARD A DIFFERENT SOUND FROM THE ENGINE EXHAUST. HE ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE ON A BEACH AT LAKE HARTWELL, NEAR ANDERSON, SC. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING, HE EXITED THE ACFT AND NOTICED SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER FROM THE AIRPLANE AND EXTINGUISHED A SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE TO THE WIRES OF THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OR HIS PASSENGER. AFTER A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE INSPECTOR IN CHARGE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MOVED THE AIRPLANE TO THE FACTORY WHERE THIS AIRPLANE WAS BUILT.