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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J5A · Wamic, OR · August 17, 2008

Date
August 17, 2008 · 06:20 local
Place
Wamic, OR
Airport
Pine Hollow
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N552DP
Reported as
Piper J5A
Reported engine
Continental C85*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,130 total1,039 in this make and model33 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) Pilot stated that shortly after taking off from Pine Hollow air strip and achieving cruise conditions the aircraft experienced a sudden loss of power. In attempting to land on the beach of Pine Hollow reservoir he flipped the aircraft over in the water. Reportedly at a very slow speed with negligible damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFF FROM PINE HOLLOW AIR STRIP AND ACHIEVING CRUISE CONDITIONS THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. IN ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON THE BEACH OF PINE HOLLOW RESERVOIR HE FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER IN THE WATER. REPORTEDLY AT A VERY SLOW SPEED WITH NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.