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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bender Thomas M AVID FLYER · Hammondsport, NY · July 31, 2011

Date: July 31, 2011 · 08:00 local
Place: Hammondsport, NY
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N131TB
Reported as: Bender Thomas M Avid Flyer
Reported engine: ROTAX 532
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 11 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N131TBRegistration cancelled Sep 27, 2013 · Bender Thomas M AVID FLYERS/N 182 · Built 1990 Airframe modelBender Thomas M AVID FLYER Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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.

While on a visual approach/downwind to the northerly runway at loucks private airport in Hammondsport, NY, the pilot was unable to control the power to the engine. The pilot thought he had a full engine failure and was uable to make the airport and was forced to land in a field. Upon landing, the left wing tip hit the ground, turning the airplane to the left approximately 60 degrees. The left landing gear was ripped from the aircraft and the right landing gear collapsed. The left aileron was torn off the aircraft. The -bladed propeller was damaged. privacy data omitted And his passenger were not injured. After taking the engine cowl off it was noted that the throttle cable was frayed apart and disconnected.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ON A VISUAL APPROACH/DOWNWIND TO THE NORTHERLY RUNWAY AT LOUCKS PRIVATE AIRPORT IN HAMMONDSPORT, NY, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE POWER TO THE ENGINE. THE PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD A FULL ENGINE FAILURE AND WAS UABLE TO MAKE THE AIRPORT AND WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A FIELD. UPON LANDING, THE LEFT WING TIP HIT THE GROUND, TURNING THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS RIPPED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE LEFT AILERON WAS TORN OFF THE AIRCRAFT. THE -BLADED PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. AFTER TAKING THE ENGINE COWL OFF IT WAS NOTED THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS FRAYED APART AND DISCONNECTED.