# Incident 20090812048369I: Ostertag Wa VELOCITY RG, Auburn, AL, August 12, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2009, 21:30 local time
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6099° N, 85.4808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Auburn, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6099&lon=-85.4808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101WV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101WV-2019-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ostertag Walter G VELOCITY RG (registry code 056233C, https://openairdocs.org/model/ostertag-walter-g-velocity-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: OSTERTAG WA VELOCITY RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 233 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090812048369I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CLIMBING THRU 2000FT AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM AUO ENROUTE TO HSV, A LOUD EXPLOSION WAS HEARD FROM REAR OF AIRCRAFT NEAR THE ENGINE.  THE PILOT LEVELED OFF, CIRCLED BACK AND LANDED AT AUO. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESSED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURIES.   DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO BURNT TIE-STRAPS AND ENGINE COWLING.

## Other reports on N101WV (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20190305021549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190305021549A), Mar 5, 2019: Ostertag Walter G VELOCITY RG (N101WV), Statesboro, GA, Destroyed. On March 5, 2019, at approximately 1500 eastern daylight time, a Velocity Rg, N101WV, was substantially damaged after it impacted terrain while attempting to…
- [Incident 20180504004599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180504004599I), May 4, 2018: Ostertag Walter G VELOCITY RG (N101WV), Mobile, AL, Minor damage. On may 4, 2018, the commercial rated pilot of N101WV a Velocity Rg, reported an engine vibration, declared an emergency and requested to land at Mobile, AL…

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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