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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dickey David V Hummel H5 · Templeton, CA · February 11, 2013

Date: February 11, 2013 · 15:10 local
Place: Templeton, CA
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N144HV
Reported as: Dickey David V Hummel H5
Reported engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 100 total5 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot departed paso robles (kprb) for san luis obispo (kspb) at approximately 15:00 PST. 10 minutes into the flight while climbing through 3,500 feet the engine failed catastrophically. The attempted a restart ? But would not accelerate beyond a rough idle and quit shortly thereafter. The pilot landed in a dry creek bed approximately 7 miles ssw of kprb. There were no injuries and the pilot was the sole occupant of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT DEPARTED PASO ROBLES (KPRB) FOR SAN LUIS OBISPO (KSPB) AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 PST. 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 3,500 FEET THE ENGINE FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY. THE ATTEMPTED A RESTART ? BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND A ROUGH IDLE AND QUIT SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE PILOT LANDED IN A DRY CREEK BED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SSW OF KPRB. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.