# Accident 20120906018279A: Hansen Michael P HANSEN-VANS RV-6, Lemolo Lake, OR, September 6, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2012, 15:15 local time
- Place: Lemolo Lake, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N53MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hansen Michael P HANSEN-VANS RV-6 (registry code 0561983, https://openairdocs.org/model/hansen-michael-p-hansen-vans-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HANSEN MICHAEL P HANSEN-VANS RV-6
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120906018279A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON THIRD LEG OF A LONG CROSS COUNTRY SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT. HE HAD DEPARTED THE SUN RIVER AIRPORT FOR  MEDFORD, OREGON ON THIS LEG AND WAS AT 10,500 FEET (APPROPRIATE). ENROUTE HIS RADIO TRANSMISSIONS DID NOT SEEM TO BE GETTING THRU TO CENTER AND THEY ASKED HIM TO "IDENT" IF HE HEARD THEM. HE HAD NOTICED A "BURNT HYDRAULIC SMELL" EARLIER. WHEN HE IDENTED THE TRANSPONDER HE THEN HEARD A CRACKLING AND POPPING NOISE, THE ENGINE SEEM TO STUTTER AND HIS GAUGE NEEDLES WERE BOUNCING EVERY WHICH WAY.  HE NOTED SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND THE PANEL.  HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED AN APPROACH TO A ROAD AND PLACED THE PLANE IN THE NARROW OPENING AND TOUCHED  DOWN TOO FAST (80 TO 85 KNOTS) AND EVENTUALLY WENT OFF THE NARROW ROAD HIT A DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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