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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtr CGS HAWK · Pocomoke Towns, MD · July 19, 2009

Date: July 19, 2009 · 12:15 local
Place: Pocomoke Towns, MD
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N3525J
Reported as: Amtr Cgshawk
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total485 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N3525JRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2018 · CGS CGS HAWKS/N H-SSC-938-2703-TRI · Built 2005 Airframe modelCGS CGS HAWK Engine modelHirth 27032 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) Pilot took off from airstrip near his house. Engine lost power during take off at approximately 500 feet and pilot landed on route 113 south in the median strip. Pilot stated to Maryland state police be believed the malfunction was caused by a fuel issue. The damage to the aircraft was: the nose wheel broke off and the main landing gear was damaged. The fuel drain broke off from the fuel tank and all the fuel drained from the tank. The fuel bowls where removed from the both carbuetors and it appeared to be clean in the bowls. The prop turned free. The aircraft was disassembled at the scene and towed to the state police barracks and secured. Documentation for the aircraft was in order. Called and talked to privacy data omitted and he said that the fan belt broke and that is why the engine started to lose power.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT TOOK OFF FROM AIRSTRIP NEAR HIS HOUSE. ENGINE LOST POWER DURING TAKE OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AND PILOT LANDED ON ROUTE 113 SOUTH IN THE MEDIAN STRIP. PILOT STATED TO MARYLAND STATE POLICE BE BELIEVED THE MALFUNCTION WAS CAUSED BY A FUEL ISSUE. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS: THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED. THE FUEL DRAIN BROKE OFF FROM THE FUEL TANK AND ALL THE FUEL DRAINED FROM THE TANK. THE FUEL BOWLS WHERE REMOVED FROM THE BOTH CARBUETORS AND IT APPEARED TO BE CLEAN IN THE BOWLS. THE PROP TURNED FREE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISASSEMBLED AT THE SCENE AND TOWED TO THE STATE POLICE BARRACKS AND SECURED. DOCUMENTATION FOR THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN ORDER. CALLED AND TALKED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HE SAID THAT THE FAN BELT BROKE AND THAT IS WHY THE ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER.