# Incident 20091025051229I: Quad City U CHALLENGER, Fairmont, WV, October 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2009, 13:28 local time
- Place: Fairmont, WV
- Airport: Fairmont Municipal-Frankman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4475° N, 80.1676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRMONT MUNI-FRANKMAN FLD (4G7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4475&lon=-80.1676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75768, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75768-2012-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quad City Ultralight Acft CHALLENGER II (registry code 059010Q, https://openairdocs.org/model/quad-city-ultralight-acft-challenger-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 503 series (registry code 55564, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUAD CITY U CHALLENGER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 503
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 6 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091025051229I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF WITH A FULL TANK OF FUEL FROM RUNWAY 5 OF THE FAIRMONT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (4G7) ACCELERATION WAS NORMAL. DURING CLIMBOUT, BETWEEN 200 FEET AND 500 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE CLIMBING. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. THE AIRCRAFT THEN PROCEEDED IN A LEFT TURN BACK TO THE RUNWAY. IN THE TURN, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER WITH A SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND THE STUDENT PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO THE TYGART RIVER WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN THE RIVER.

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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