20091220025599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dinsmore TORNADO · Mulvane, KS · December 20, 2009

Date
December 20, 2009 · 16:00 local
Place
Mulvane, KS
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N114TT
Reported as
Dinsmore Tornado
Reported engine
ROTAX 503DCSI
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
27,000 total0 in this make and model0 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.

The pilot became disoriented during a local flight. Due to low fuel, he elected to make a precautionary landing in a field. The airplane suffered minor damage on the roll out. The pilot, the only occupant, was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED DURING A LOCAL FLIGHT. DUE TO LOW FUEL, HE ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD. THE AIRPLANE SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE ON THE ROLL OUT. THE PILOT, THE ONLY OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED.