20090122001619I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Donley CHALLENGER II · Galesburg, IL · January 22, 2009

Date
January 22, 2009 · 16:00 local
Place
Galesburg, IL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N815A
Reported as
Donley Challengerii
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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) While in cruise flight the aircraft's engine quit and the pilot made an emergnecy landing in a field. Upon landing the left main landing gear leg was broken off and the right main landing gear leg was bent. The aircraft struck a barbed wire fence after landing and damaged the nose of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE QUIT AND THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGNECY LANDING IN A FIELD. UPON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG WAS BROKEN OFF AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG WAS BENT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BARBED WIRE FENCE AFTER LANDING AND DAMAGED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.