20121208026849A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · North American T-28C · Temple, TX · December 8, 2012

Date
December 8, 2012 · 15:02 local
Place
Temple, TX
Airport
Charping
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N280JM
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13LA097
Reported as
North American T-28C
Reported engine
WRIGHT R-1820 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,088 total23 in this make and model55 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.

During cruise pilot reported engine became silent with no prior warning, decision was made to make emergency gear up landing in dirt field, minor injury to pilot and aircraft fire wall and spar damage.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CRUISE PILOT REPORTED ENGINE BECAME SILENT WITH NO PRIOR WARNING, DECISION WAS MADE TO MAKE EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING IN DIRT FIELD, MINOR INJURY TO PILOT AND AIRCRAFT FIRE WALL AND SPAR DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.