# Incident 20100629036139I: Jantzen EVANS VP, Terrell, TX, June 29, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2010, 10:45 local time
- Place: Terrell, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7360° N, 96.2753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Terrell, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7360&lon=-96.2753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331EJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N331EJ-2017-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jantzen EVANS VP (registry code 0562380, https://openairdocs.org/model/jantzen-evans-vp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JANTZEN EVANS VP
- Reported engine: VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 502 total, 1 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100629036139I

## Narrative

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

AT 1045 HOURS ON JUNE, 29, 2010, AIRCRAFT N331EJ, AN EVANS VP-1 OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED POWER PLANT FAILURE IN FLIGHT. THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT AND RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE SKINS ADJACENT TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES, LEFT AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUTS, AND THE LANDING GEAR TENSION CABLES. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE HAD OIL, AIR, FUEL, AND COMPRESSION, BUT DID NOT HAVE IGNITION. A GROUND TEST RUN WAS ATTEMPTED AT THE INCIDENT SITE. THE ENGINE TURNED OVER AND PROPELLER PARTIALLY ROTATED, BUT THE ENGINE FAILED TO COMPLETE A SUCCESSFUL START AND REMAIN RUNNING. BATTERY VOLTAGE DURING TEST RUN WAS NOTED AT 11 VDC UNDER LOAD. THE IGNITION SYSTEM ON THE ENGINE IS AN AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONIC IGNITION SYSTEM, MODEL COMPU-FIRE DIS-IX, MANUFACTURED BY SPYKE, INCORPORATED. IT WAS INSTALLED AFTER ISSUANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT'S AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE, WITH NO SECONDARY OR BACKUP IGNITION SYSTEM INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE MANUFACTURER'S MINIMUM STATED OPERATING VOLTAGE FOR THE ELECTRONIC IGNITION SYSTEM IS 6 VDC TO PRODUCE IGNITION TO THE SPARK PLUGS.

## Other reports on N331EJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20111016030019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111016030019A), Oct 16, 2011: Jantzen EVANS VP (N331EJ), Rockwall, TX, Destroyed. [privacy data omitted] Departed dallas airpark east (1F7) for a local flight in the pattern. On the morning of October 16, 2011 at approximatley 8:30AM local…

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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