# Incident 20110508008259I: Richmond Jim R CARBON CUB EX, Orondo, WA, May 8, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2011, 13:15 local time
- Place: Orondo, WA
- Airport: Ross (Pvt)
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7633° N, 120.1518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSS (32WA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7633&lon=-120.1518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N784FB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RICHMOND JIM R CARBON CUB EX
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,222 total, 220 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/20110508008259I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK-OFF FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.  JUST AS HE WAS RETARDING THROTTLE TRANSISTIONING TO CRUISE THE AIRCRFT BEGAN TO SHAKE.  THE SHAKE GOT QUICKLY WORSE AND THE PILOT RETARDED THE THROTTLE FURTHER AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRSTRIP.  WHEN THE PILOT SAW HE COULD NOT MAKE THE STRIP HE ATTEMPTED TO ADD THROTTLE BUT THE VIBRATION GOT WORSE.  THE PILOT RETARDED THE THROTTLE AND LOOKED FOR THE BEST PLACE TO LAND.  DUE TO TERRAIN AND TREES HE DECIDED TO LAND IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE RIVER APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM SHORE WITH NO INJURY TO THE SOLO PILOT.  A PASSING BOAT THAT SAW THE LANDING PULLED THE PILOT FROM THE RIVER AND HELPED PULL IT TO SHORE.

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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