20090519006879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr STARDUSTER2 · Killeen, TX · May 19, 2009

Date: May 19, 2009 · 08:45 local
Place: Killeen, TX
Airport: Skylark Field
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N227CJ
Reported as: Amtr STARDUSTER2
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total14 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N227CJRegistered now · James Corey M STARDUSTER TOOS/N 926 Airframe modelJames Corey M STARDUSTER TOO Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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 may 19, 2009 privacy data omitted acted as pilot in command his aircraft an experimental amateur built star duster ii registration number N227CJ to continue working on completing phase 1 compliance. After takeoff the engine lost power at 800 feet during climb out. privacy data omitted Was able to bring the aircraft around to attempt to land in an open field next to the killen airport. Due to the high sink rate the aircraft experience a hard landing causing the landing gear to collapse. The aircraft sustained minor damage and there were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 19, 2009 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTED AS PILOT IN COMMAND HIS AIRCRAFT AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT STAR DUSTER II REGISTRATION NUMBER N227CJ TO CONTINUE WORKING ON COMPLETING PHASE 1 COMPLIANCE. AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE LOST POWER AT 800 FEET DURING CLIMB OUT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TO ATTEMPT TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD NEXT TO THE KILLEN AIRPORT. DUE TO THE HIGH SINK RATE THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE A HARD LANDING CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.