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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr CHALLENGER II · Elbow Lake, MN · July 14, 2008

Date
July 14, 2008 · 18:30 local
Place
Elbow Lake, MN
Airport
Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride Of The
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N24100
Reported as
Amtr Challengerii
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total25 in this make and model50 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) Experimental aircraft N24100 out of Elbow Lake airport (Y63) encountered a loss of power at approx 100 feet after takeoff from runway 14. Pilot made forced landing in plowed dirt field at end of runway 14. Counseled owner and pilot on the importance of maintenance and using quality parts in preventing this type of failure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT N24100 OUT OF ELBOW LAKE AIRPORT (Y63) ENCOUNTERED A LOSS OF POWER AT APPROX 100 FEET AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 14. PILOT MADE FORCED LANDING IN PLOWED DIRT FIELD AT END OF RUNWAY 14. COUNSELED OWNER AND PILOT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTENANCE AND USING QUALITY PARTS IN PREVENTING THIS TYPE OF FAILURE.