# Incident 20090621009749I: Chambe VANSRV8A, Angel Fire, NM, June 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2009, 11:30 local time
- Place: Angel Fire, NM
- Airport: Angel Fire
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4220° N, 105.2899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANGEL FIRE (AXX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4220&lon=-105.2899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N623EL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N623EL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chamberlain Clement C JR VANS RV-8A (registry code 056174C, https://openairdocs.org/model/chamberlain-clement-c-jr-vans-rv-8a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior IO-360 series (registry code 59251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMBE VANSRV8A
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 67 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090621009749I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON JUNE 21,2009, AT 1130 MDT, A RV8, N623EL, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF AND SUSTAINED A HARD LANDING, AT ANGEL FIRE, NEW MEXICO WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ANGEL FIRE, NEW MEXICO ON JUN 21, 2009 AT 1120 MDT.

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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