# Incident 20120830019559I: Laird LC-1B-300, Knoxville, IA, August 30, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2012, 10:25 local time
- Place: Knoxville, IA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3185° N, 93.1026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knoxville, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3185&lon=-93.1026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10402, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Laird LC-1B-300 (registry code 5070110, https://openairdocs.org/model/laird-lc-1b-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright 975E-1 (registry code 67014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-975e-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAIRD LC-1B-300
- Reported engine: WRIGHT 975
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,800 total, 30 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120830019559I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 30, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1025 CDT, N10402, A LAIRD, LC-1B-300, BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND WAS FORCED TO LAND ON HIGHWAY 5/92 (EXIT 62) JUST NORTH OF THE KNOXVILLE IOWA AIRPORT (OXV).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 7500 MSL WHEN A SUDDEN VIBRATION WAS NOTICED AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THEN FAILED.  A RESTART OF THE ENGINE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE AIRPORT (OXV) BUT WAS UNABLE DUE TO LOSS OF ALTITUDE.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND WAS PULLED TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.  NO VISABLE EXTERNAL DAMAGE COULD BE SEEN ON THE ENGINE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N10402 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080930848049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080930848049A), Sep 30, 2008: Laird LC1B300 (N10402), Spokane, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] stated he was landing on runway 21L at the Spokane Felts Field (sff) airport. He contacted the runway he characterized…

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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