# Incident 20080714846889I: Amtr CHALLENGERII, Elbow Lake, MN, July 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2008, 18:30 local time
- Place: Elbow Lake, MN
- Airport: Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride Of The
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9862° N, 95.9857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELBOW LAKE MUNI/PRIDE OF THE PRAIRIE (Y63), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9862&lon=-95.9857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24100, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Christenson Odell CHALLENGER II (registry code 05609MI, https://openairdocs.org/model/christenson-odell-challenger-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CHALLENGERII
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 25 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080714846889I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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