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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Bjornstad N Apex Cross · Gila River Rese, AZ · March 20, 2010

Date
March 20, 2010 · 09:30 local
Place
Gila River Rese, AZ
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N7009A
Reported as
Bjornstad N Apex Cross
Reported engine
Verner MTR 133MK
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
256 total71 in this make and model13 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.

After take off and reaching cruise speed and altitude, the engine quit. One attempt was made to re-start the engine but with no success. Pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on to a dirt road.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKE OFF AND REACHING CRUISE SPEED AND ALTITUDE, THE ENGINE QUIT. ONE ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RE-START THE ENGINE BUT WITH NO SUCCESS. PILOT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON TO A DIRT ROAD.