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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beach Alber NIEUPORT X1 · Chesapeake, VA · September 1, 2010

Date
September 1, 2010 · 12:00 local
Place
Chesapeake, VA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N892
Reported as
Beach Alber Nieuport X1
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
19,400 total1 in this make and model20 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.

The aircraft was an experimental/amateur built, 3/4 scale of a nieuport ww I fighter. During a repositioning flight, during the desent to land at the destination, the engine lost power. The pilot made an off-field landing and the aircraft nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL/AMATEUR BUILT, 3/4 SCALE OF A NIEUPORT WW I FIGHTER. DURING A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT, DURING THE DESENT TO LAND AT THE DESTINATION, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT MADE AN OFF-FIELD LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.