# Incident 20081025851629I: Ginger WAS2DG, Topeka, KS, October 25, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2008, 09:24 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N475DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N475DG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gingerich David F WOODY PUSHER WAS2-DG (registry code 05650M1, https://openairdocs.org/model/gingerich-david-f-woody-pusher-was2-dg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GINGER WAS2DG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081025851629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 25, 2008, AT 1200 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PRIVATE PILOT OPERATING A WOODY PUSHER WAS2-DG EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED FROM A RUNWAY LOCATED AT 62ND NW AND JENNINGS IN TOPEKA, KANSAS.  AFTER TAKING OFF, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK EMERGENCY ACTION DUE TO AN EXHAUST BOLT THAT CAME LOOSE AND HIT THE PROPELLER OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DAMAGED IT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A BEAN FIELD ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED.

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