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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · American Le AL11 · Sylvester, GA · November 17, 2009

Date
November 17, 2009 · 12:30 local
Place
Sylvester, GA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N404PC
Reported as
American Le AL11
Reported engine
Continental O-200
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total250 in this make and model50 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.

Day VFR direct flight from kpdk to kmgr, at approximately 2.1 hours into flight at cruse power and 1500' AGL engine lost power, attempts to restart were unsuccessful. Pilot made an emergency downwind landing north east of Sylvester, Georgia in a 3.5 foot high cotton field, the aircraft flipped over after touchdown.

As the FAA filed it

DAY VFR DIRECT FLIGHT FROM KPDK TO KMGR, AT APPROXIMATELY 2.1 HOURS INTO FLIGHT AT CRUSE POWER AND 1500' AGL ENGINE LOST POWER, ATTEMPTS TO RESTART WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY DOWNWIND LANDING NORTH EAST OF SYLVESTER, GEORGIA IN A 3.5 FOOT HIGH COTTON FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AFTER TOUCHDOWN.