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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr CHALLENGER II · Enumclaw, WA · April 20, 2009

Date: April 20, 2009 · 19:40 local
Place: Enumclaw, WA
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N901GH
Reported as: Amtr Challengerii
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 110 total10 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N901GHRegistered now · Quad City/Houston Greg CHALLENGER IIS/N CH20990W0559 · Built 1990 Airframe modelQuad City/Houston Greg CHALLENGER II Engine modelRotax 503DC2 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) On 04/20/2009 at approximately 1920 local time privacy data omitted the pilot of N901GH an experimental aircraft. Departed Enumclaw municipal airport. After reaching an altitude of about 2000 feet MSL the pilot lost control of the aircraft elevator. The pilot then shut down the engine and deployed the aircraft recovery parachute. The aircraft landed in a pasture.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 04/20/2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1920 LOCAL TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT OF N901GH AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT. DEPARTED ENUMCLAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. AFTER REACHING AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 2000 FEET MSL THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ELEVATOR. THE PILOT THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND DEPLOYED THE AIRCRAFT RECOVERY PARACHUTE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A PASTURE.