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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Savage Dale SAVAGE-COZY · Aurora, OR · September 10, 2010

Date
September 10, 2010 · 17:42 local
Place
Aurora, OR
Airport
Aurora State Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9699
Reported as
Savage Dale SAVAGE-COZY
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
145 total29 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.

On September 11, 2010, about 1745 pacific daylight time, an experimental Savage-Cozy, N9699, airplane, experienced a loss of engine power while in the traffic pattern, the pilot attempted to land on a taxiway at the Aurora State Airport (auo), Aurora, Oregon. The privacy data omitted operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 code of federal regulations part 91 as a personal flight. The pilot, the sole occupant, received serious injuries. The airplae sustained substantial damage after it collided with a hangar and came to rest inverted. Visual meteorlogical conditions prevailed for the flight, and no flight plan had been filed. According to a witness, while the airplane was in the pattern, he heard "strange noises" emanating from the engine. The airplane then attempted to land on a taxiway. However, it struck the top of a hangar, and came to rest inverted near the hangar.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2010, ABOUT 1745 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL SAVAGE-COZY, N9699, AIRPLANE, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A TAXIWAY AT THE AURORA STATE AIRPORT (AUO), AURORA, OREGON. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRPLAE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER IT COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS IN THE PATTERN, HE HEARD "STRANGE NOISES" EMANATING FROM THE ENGINE. THE AIRPLANE THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A TAXIWAY. HOWEVER, IT STRUCK THE TOP OF A HANGAR, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED NEAR THE HANGAR.