# Accident 20130204024269A: Sparrow Hawk SHTTD, Montrose, GA, February 4, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2013, 06:45 local time
- Place: Montrose, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5356° N, 83.0569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5356&lon=-83.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4201S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4201S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mccowan Steve A SHTTD (registry code 056175W, https://openairdocs.org/model/mccowan-steve-a-shttd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPARROW HAWK SHTTD
- Reported engine: SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,064 total, 2,020 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130204024269A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS PROVIDING NIGHT INSTRUCTION TO STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR A COMMERCIAL ROTORCRAFT GYROPLANE RATING. THEY JUST FINISHED THREE TOUCH AND GO?S AT DUBLIN AIRPORT (KDBN) AND RETURNING TO MACON AIRPORT (KMAC) THEY CLIMBED AND LEVEL OFF AT 2000 FEET AT THIS TIME STUDENT PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED THAT ENGINE RPM HAS DROP BY 200 RPM HAS THEY TRY INPUT MORE ENGINE RPM THE ENGINE QUIT AT THAT TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND AND OPEN FIELD TO GLIDE TO AND LAND. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENTERING THE FIELD THEY MADE CONTACT WITH POWER LINE WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING THAT BROKE THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR  WHICH RESULTED IN THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES AND VERTICAL STABILIZER HIT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA13LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA126), Feb 4, 2013: Mccowan Steve A Shttd (N4201S), Montrose, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to the separation of the No. 2 piston connecting rod.

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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