# Incident 20080203013699I: Justac HIGHLANDER, Anderson, SC, February 3, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2008, 13:50 local time
- Place: Anderson, SC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5215° N, 82.6435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anderson, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5215&lon=-82.6435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N866SC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: JUSTAC HIGHLANDER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080203013699I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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