# Incident 20080817842929I: Amtr DRIFTER, Spokane, WA, August 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2008, 09:23 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Felts Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6829° N, 117.3224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELTS FLD (SFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6829&lon=-117.3224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N824JR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N824JR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Roth Lonnie R DRIFTER (registry code 059027R, https://openairdocs.org/model/roth-lonnie-r-drifter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 277 (registry code 55585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-277) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRIFTER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX277
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,100 total, 600 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/20080817842929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON APPROACH TO FELTS FIELD, SPOKANE WA, APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES OUT, THE ROTAX 277 2-CYCLE ENGINE STARTED LOSING POWER.  PILOT INCREASED POWER SCANNED EGT, CHT, AND FUEL LEVEL FOR ANY ABONRMAL INDICATIONS.  HE DID NOT SEE ANY.  THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER AND AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM THE RUNWAY THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT IN THE GRASS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  NO DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.

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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