# Incident 20090519006879I: Amtr STARDUSTER2, Killeen, TX, May 19, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2009, 08:45 local time
- Place: Killeen, TX
- Airport: Skylark Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0858° N, 97.6865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK FLD (ILE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0858&lon=-97.6865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N227CJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N227CJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: James Corey M STARDUSTER TOO (registry code 05627V7, https://openairdocs.org/model/james-corey-m-starduster-too) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR STARDUSTER2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 14 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090519006879I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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