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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Corso Phili AEROCOMP-7 · Ft. Mc Coy, FL · July 29, 2009

Date: July 29, 2009 · 08:53 local
Place: Ft. Mc Coy, FL
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N977FG
Reported as: Corso Phili AEROCOMP-7
Reported engine: WALTER M601D-11
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,200 total350 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days

N977FGRegistration cancelled Nov 16, 2010 · Corso Philip AEROCOMP-7S/N 0222077P04 · Built 2004 Airframe modelCorso Philip AEROCOMP-7 Engine modelWalter M601D-11Turbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was flying from fpr to lcq at 10,500 and had reduced power to descend to 8500 ft. when leveling off the pilot noticed the power was deteriorating, did not respond to power lever inputs and continued to deteriorate to zero . Attempts at restart were unsuccessfull. Aircraft was landed in a sod field damaging the landing gear and propeller. The engine power turbine was visable through the exhaust opening and appears to have substained major heat damage to the power turbine. The aircraft owner stated that when he recovered the aircraft from the field he drained 120 gallons of fuel from the wing tanks.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS FLYING FROM FPR TO LCQ AT 10,500 AND HAD REDUCED POWER TO DESCEND TO 8500 FT. WHEN LEVELING OFF THE PILOT NOTICED THE POWER WAS DETERIORATING, DID NOT RESPOND TO POWER LEVER INPUTS AND CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE TO ZERO . ATTEMPTS AT RESTART WERE UNSUCCESSFULL. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN A SOD FIELD DAMAGING THE LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER. THE ENGINE POWER TURBINE WAS VISABLE THROUGH THE EXHAUST OPENING AND APPEARS TO HAVE SUBSTAINED MAJOR HEAT DAMAGE TO THE POWER TURBINE. THE AIRCRAFT OWNER STATED THAT WHEN HE RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE FIELD HE DRAINED 120 GALLONS OF FUEL FROM THE WING TANKS.