# Incident 20120813016459I: Starkel G/Newton W VANS ACFT RV-8, Nebraska City, NE, August 13, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2012, 10:45 local time
- Place: Nebraska City, NE
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6757° N, 95.8617° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nebraska City, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6757&lon=-95.8617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N762DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N762DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Starkel G/Newton W VANS ACFT RV-8 (registry code 05617A7, https://openairdocs.org/model/starkel-g-newton-w-vans-acft-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STARKEL G/NEWTON W VANS ACFT RV-8
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR LYCOMING
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,300 total, 457 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120813016459I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 13, 2012, AT 10:45 CDT, AN EXPERIMENTAL RV-8, N762DF, WAS FLYING FORMATION WITH N6315T ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, TO COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. THE FLIGHT OF TWO ADJUSTED THEIR TRACK TO THE SOUTHWEST TO AVOID A PRESIDENTIAL TFR THAT WAS IN THE OMAHA, NEBRASKA, AREA. THE RV-8, N762DF, EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER AND EXTREME VIBRATION 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA. THE PIC SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO 85 MPH AND REDUCED THE POWER TO 1200 RPM IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THE VIBRATION ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC USED THE NEAREST FUNCTION ON HIS GPS TO DETERMINE THAT KLNK WAS THE NEAREST AIRPORT TO DIVERT TOO, HOWEVER, THE GROUND TRACK TO FLY DIRECT KLNK WOULD TAKE THE FLIGHT OF TWO INTO THE TFR. THE PIC CALLED LNK TOWER ON 118.5 AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE TOWER INSTRUCTED THE PIC TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT LNK APPROACH ON 124.0, BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TFR IN THE AREA. THE PIC FLEW DIRECT TO KLNK BEING CAREFUL TO KEEP US HIGHWAY 2 BELOW HIM AS AN ALTERNATE LANDING SPOT IN THE EVENT OF A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THE PIC MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT KLNK WITH N6315T FLYING HIS WING. BOTH AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT KLNK WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR AIRPORT PROPERTY. NEITHER PIC WAS HURT DURING THE INCIDENT.

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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