# Incident 20090808015259I: Nichol EINDECKERE3, Brookshire, TX, August 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2009, 08:45 local time
- Place: Brookshire, TX
- Airport: Sport Flyers
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8381° N, 95.9500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPORT FLYERS (27XS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8381&lon=-95.9500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N729CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N729CS-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nichols James S EINDECKER E3 (registry code 05625I4, https://openairdocs.org/model/nichols-james-s-eindecker-e3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Valley ENG BIG TWIN (registry code 63801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/valley-eng-big-twin) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NICHOL EINDECKERE3
- Reported engine: VALLEY BIGTWIN
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090808015259I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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