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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Nichol EINDECKER E3 · Brookshire, TX · August 8, 2009

Date
August 8, 2009 · 08:45 local
Place
Brookshire, TX
Airport
Sport Flyers
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N729CS
Reported as
Nichol EINDECKERE3
Reported engine
VALLEY BIGTWIN
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
420 total12 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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) Aircraft suffered engine failure in flight with subsequent forced off field landing due to pilot induced fuel starvation. Aircraft had gear collapse when it hit a tractor rut on landing roll in rice field. No damage to fuselage in fire wall area. Rudder was damaged while loading aircraft onto trailer.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT SUFFERED ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT WITH SUBSEQUENT FORCED OFF FIELD LANDING DUE TO PILOT INDUCED FUEL STARVATION. AIRCRAFT HAD GEAR COLLAPSE WHEN IT HIT A TRACTOR RUT ON LANDING ROLL IN RICE FIELD. NO DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE IN FIRE WALL AREA. RUDDER WAS DAMAGED WHILE LOADING AIRCRAFT ONTO TRAILER.