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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Ciaglia E/H Christen EA · Oklahoma City, OK · July 20, 2010

Date
July 20, 2010 · 18:45 local
Place
Oklahoma City, OK
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N189PT
Reported as
Ciaglia E/H Christen EA
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total4 in this make and model200 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.

Pilot departed rvs, tulsa, OK, after approximately 45 minutes of flight, pilot experienced a loss of engine power; the pilot landed the aircraft in a field; there were no injuries and no damage to the aircraft. The pilot who was also a certificated mechanic determined, after troubleshooting, that the loss of power was attributed to fuel contamination.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED RVS, TULSA, OK, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES OF FLIGHT, PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER; THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD; THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WHO WAS ALSO A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC DETERMINED, AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, THAT THE LOSS OF POWER WAS ATTRIBUTED TO FUEL CONTAMINATION.