# Incident 20101113050879I: Joyner Bill RENEGADE SP, Schodack, NY, November 13, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2010, 14:15 local time
- Place: Schodack, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5297° N, 73.6858° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Schodack, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5297&lon=-73.6858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8140Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8140Z-2023-12-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Joyner Bill RENEGADE SPIRIT (registry code 05616LW, https://openairdocs.org/model/joyner-bill-renegade-spirit) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 532 (registry code 55579, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-532) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JOYNER BILL RENEGADE SP
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 93 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101113050879I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2010 AT APPROX. 2:15 PM LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF N8140Z, AN EXPERIMENTAL, AMATEUR BUILT, RENEGADE SPIRIT, SUFFERED AN ABRUPT ENGINE FAILURE OVER CASTLETON, NY, AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A VACANT FIELD OFF OF BROOKVIEW ROAD. PILOT LANDED IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER APPROX. 80 FEET AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN DUE TO ROUGH TERRAIN. PIC STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROX. 45 KTS. FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KLINEKILL AIRPORT (NY1) APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO ENGINE FAILURE. PIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE  FAILED WITH NO WARNING AND THAT HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT, BUT IT ONLY RAN FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. PC FURTHER STATES THAT AFTER THE ENGINE FAILED A SECOND TIME HE WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAND. PIC STATED THAT HE PURCHASED APPROX. 5 GALLONS OF PREMIUM AUTO GAS THAT MORNING IN CONTAINERS USED ONLY FOR THE AIRCRAFT. HE STATED THAT THE LEFT TANK WAS TOPPED OFF AND THE RIGHT TANK WAS HALF FULL. PIC STATED THAT START UP, RUN UP, AND TAKE OFF WERE ALL NORMAL. THIS INSPECTOR WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE OWNER IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAIURE.

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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