20081101856749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mccart Challengerii · Ashland, OH · November 1, 2008

Date
November 1, 2008 · 12:35 local
Place
Ashland, OH
Phase of flight
Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N126JM
Reported as
Mccart Challengerii
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503DCDI
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
984 total10 in this make and model7 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) PIC just purchased the aircraft two weeks prior and was accomplishing a familiarization flight. On approach to Ashland country airport for landing PIC realized he was too high, so he pulled back the throttle abruptly in which case the engine quit. Was not able to make it back to airport and landed in a cow pasture 3/4 of a mile from runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PIC JUST PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT TWO WEEKS PRIOR AND WAS ACCOMPLISHING A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT. ON APPROACH TO ASHLAND COUNTRY AIRPORT FOR LANDING PIC REALIZED HE WAS TOO HIGH, SO HE PULLED BACK THE THROTTLE ABRUPTLY IN WHICH CASE THE ENGINE QUIT. WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO AIRPORT AND LANDED IN A COW PASTURE 3/4 OF A MILE FROM RUNWAY.