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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Funk Grant RV10 · Hooper Bay, AK · June 28, 2010

Date
June 28, 2010 · 17:00 local
Place
Hooper Bay, AK
Airport
Hooper Bay
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N81GL
Reported as
Funk Grant RV10
Reported engine
SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total40 in this make and model30 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.

Aircraft lost power on climb out. The pilot landed the aircraft in an open feild about a mile off the end of the runway. The nose landing gear was damaged on landing. Mechanic found the throttle cable had disconnected from the air intake. Which had caused the engine to return to idle.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON CLIMB OUT. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN AN OPEN FEILD ABOUT A MILE OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED ON LANDING. MECHANIC FOUND THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD DISCONNECTED FROM THE AIR INTAKE. WHICH HAD CAUSED THE ENGINE TO RETURN TO IDLE.