# Accident 20110218005519A: Rearwin 8135, Casa Grande, AZ, February 18, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2011, 09:22 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8795° N, 111.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casa Grande, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8795&lon=-111.7574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25545, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25545) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rearwin 8135 (registry code 7070304, https://openairdocs.org/model/rearwin-8135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ken Royce 7 series (registry code 37001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ken-royce-7-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REARWIN 8135
- Reported engine: KEN ROYCE 7 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,500 total, 38 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110218005519A

## Narrative

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

ON 2/18/2011, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED ELOY ARIZONA IN A 1940 REARWIN MODEL 8135 AIRCRAFT N25545 HEADING TO CHANDLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE SOLE OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT VERBALLY STATED THAT AT 2500 FEET MSL THE ENGINE "CUT OUT" TEMPORARILY; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THIS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1000AM AND AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF THE CASA GRANDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN CASA GRANDE AZ . THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TURNED SOUTH AND BEGIN TO LOOK FOR A PLACE TO LAND WHEN THE ENGINE CUT OUT AGAIN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOCATED A DIRT FIELD AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE CAME IN "HOT" AND ON LANDING ROLLOUT; HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A DIRT BERM AT THE WEST EDGE OF THE FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THROUGH THE DIRT BERM SHEARING ITS LEFT MAIN GEAR, IMPACTING THE PROPELLER AND CAME TO REST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ON LAKE SHORE DR IN CASA GRANDE AZ.  NO INJURIES TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE REPORTED, THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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