20120421007859A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Moody SIPLE MODEL "A" · Stuttgart, AR · April 21, 2012

Date
April 21, 2012 · 16:50 local
Place
Stuttgart, AR
Airport
Stuttgart Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78RB
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN12LA259
Reported as
Moody Siple Model "A"
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total200 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On April 21, 2012, at approximately 1650 CDT, a Moody siple, model "a", N78RB, registered to privacy data omitted, was landed in a field near the Stuttgart Municipal Airport after experiencing a loss of power during a pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the sole person on board, a certificated pilot was not injured. The flight originated at the mount vernon airport (kmvn) on April 21, 2012, at aproximately 1100 EST.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 21, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1650 CDT, A MOODY SIPLE, MODEL "A", N78RB, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS LANDED IN A FIELD NEAR THE STUTTGART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AFTER EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF POWER DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE SOLE PERSON ON BOARD, A CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE MOUNT VERNON AIRPORT (KMVN) ON APRIL 21, 2012, AT APROXIMATELY 1100 EST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.