# Accident 20100307030139A: Sutton Jame AVID HAULER, Rigby, ID, March 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Rigby, ID
- Airport: Rigby-Jefferson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6425° N, 111.9292° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6425&lon=-111.9292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22EJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SUTTON JAME AVID HAULER
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 424 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100307030139A

## Narrative

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

PILOT PERFORMED NORMAL PREFLIGHT AND RUN-UP.  DID NOT NOTICE ANY IRREGULARITIES.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF AT ABOUT 300 FEET AGL THE ENGINE LOST POWER.  THE ENGINE WOULD IDLE BUT THERE WAS NO POWER TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT.  PILOT IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED A TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT.  WHEN IT WAS APPARENT HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT HE LANDED IN A FIELD.  THE TOUCH DOWN WAS NORMAL BUT AS THE AIRCRAFT LOST GROUND SPEED THE LANDING GEAR SANK INTO THE SOFT FIELD AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ONTO IT'S BACK.  A POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION BY TWO FSDO AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS FAILED TO DETERMINE ANY MECHANICAL DEFECT.  AN ENGINE TEAR-DOWN WAS NOT PERFORMED DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE ROTAX ENGINE AND THE ASI'S UNFAMILIARITY WITH THAT ENGINE.  A ROTAX REPRESENTATIVE WAS INVITED TO ATTEND BUT THEY WERE UNABLE.  THE PILOT HAD RECENTLY INSTALLED AN AFTER MARKET MIXTURE LEANING DEVICE AND IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THIS DEVICE CONTRIBUTED TO THE POWER LOSS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA154), Mar 7, 2010: Sutton Avid Hauler (N22EJ), Rigby, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during takeoff for undetermined reasons.

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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