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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Buckey BREEZE LX · Waynoka, OK · October 17, 2008

Date: October 17, 2008 · 19:00 local
Place: Waynoka, OK
Phase of flight: Maneuver
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N31777
Reported as: Buckey Breezelx
Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912ULS
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 688 total688 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N31777Registered now · Buckeye BREEZE LXS/N 16511 · Built 2006 Airframe modelBuckeye BREEZE LX Engine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

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) According to eyewitnesses, the engine began to run rough and lost power, pilot made precautionary landing in the sand dunes and subsequently damaged the nose gear. Upon attempting to move aircraft the nose gear was torn off the aircraft. Later investigation by the pilot, who holds a repairman certificate for light sport aircraft, revealed partially blocked fuel filter.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO EYEWITNESSES, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOST POWER, PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN THE SAND DUNES AND SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR. UPON ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AIRCRAFT THE NOSE GEAR WAS TORN OFF THE AIRCRAFT. LATER INVESTIGATION BY THE PILOT, WHO HOLDS A REPAIRMAN CERTIFICATE FOR LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, REVEALED PARTIALLY BLOCKED FUEL FILTER.