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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Waco ATO · Dunkirk, NY · August 26, 2012

Date
August 26, 2012 · 19:00 local
Place
Dunkirk, NY
Airport
Chautauqua County/Dunkirk
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N659N
Reported as
Waco ATO
Reported engine
WRIGHT 760E-2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,735 total15 in this make and model68 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.

On August 26,2012 this aircraft departed dkk airport for a local VFR flight. After about 40 minutes of flight as the aircraft was returning to dkk airport the engine lost power at about 1000 feet AGL and 5 miles from the airport. The pilot performed an emergency landing in a field and during rollout struck a large rock which caused the right main landing gear to break away and the lower right wing to drag on the ground. The aircraft turned hard to the right causing the tail wheel to bend the rudder. There were no injuries to the pilot who was alone in the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 26,2012 THIS AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DKK AIRPORT FOR A LOCAL VFR FLIGHT. AFTER ABOUT 40 MINUTES OF FLIGHT AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO DKK AIRPORT THE ENGINE LOST POWER AT ABOUT 1000 FEET AGL AND 5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD AND DURING ROLLOUT STRUCK A LARGE ROCK WHICH CAUSED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO BREAK AWAY AND THE LOWER RIGHT WING TO DRAG ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED HARD TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE TAIL WHEEL TO BEND THE RUDDER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WHO WAS ALONE IN THE AIRCRAFT.