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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Shanklin Max L CAPELLA XLS · Winchester, IN · September 29, 2012

Date
September 29, 2012 · 13:15 local
Place
Winchester, IN
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N187MS
Reported as
Shanklin Max L Capella XLS
Reported engine
ROTAX 912UL
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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 September 29 2012, 1130, N187MS experimental amateur built aircraft, was being operated for pleasure enroute to neil armstrong airport, lima, OH. The aircraft encountered an inflight engine seizure at an altitude of 3500 feet. The amateur built aircraft was approximately six miles southeast of randolph county airport, Winchester, IN. The aircraft landed in a soybean field approximately one half mile from the randolph county airport; during the end of landing rollout the aircraft encountered soft soil causing minor, damage to the nose landing gear, lower engine cowlings and propeller. The pilot evacuated the aircraft and sustained no injuries from the incident. The external engine inspection revealed large holes on the top in two of the cylinders. The hour meter for engine was at 40.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 29 2012, 1130, N187MS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, WAS BEING OPERATED FOR PLEASURE ENROUTE TO NEIL ARMSTRONG AIRPORT, LIMA, OH. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED AN INFLIGHT ENGINE SEIZURE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 3500 FEET. THE AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANDOLPH COUNTY AIRPORT, WINCHESTER, IN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE FROM THE RANDOLPH COUNTY AIRPORT; DURING THE END OF LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SOFT SOIL CAUSING MINOR, DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, LOWER ENGINE COWLINGS AND PROPELLER. THE PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES FROM THE INCIDENT. THE EXTERNAL ENGINE INSPECTION REVEALED LARGE HOLES ON THE TOP IN TWO OF THE CYLINDERS. THE HOUR METER FOR ENGINE WAS AT 40.