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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Deaton Richard F CHALLENGER II · September 9, 2011

Date
September 9, 2011 · 18:45 local
Airport
Wakefield Municipal
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N102RD
Reported as
Deaton Richard F Challenger II
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
80 in this make and model10 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.

The Rotax engine lost power, the pilot was forced to land in a cotton field. No injuries or aircraft damage. Subsequent inspection of the engine found a broken fuel line at the engine fuel pump.

As the FAA filed it

THE ROTAX ENGINE LOST POWER, THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A COTTON FIELD. NO INJURIES OR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE FOUND A BROKEN FUEL LINE AT THE ENGINE FUEL PUMP.