# Incident 20130407006039I: Eldredge Kevin NXT, Simmesport, LA, April 7, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: Simmesport, LA
- Airport: Marksville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0947° N, 92.0691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARKSVILLE MUNI (MKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0947&lon=-92.0691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42XT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42XT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eldredge Kevin NXT (registry code 05615PG, https://openairdocs.org/model/eldredge-kevin-nxt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ELDREDGE KEVIN NXT
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130407006039I

## Narrative

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

AFTER 1.5 HOURS OUT OF DENTON TX. AT LOW POWER CRUISE SETTING AT ALTITUDE 11.5K ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. PILOT REALIZED ENGINE WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO MAKE POWER AND SECURE PROP AND CONFIGURED FOR BEST GLIDE AT 130 KNOTS AND 1400FPM. HEADED FOR NEAREST AIRPORT 17 MILES AWAY. KNOWING HE COULD NOT MAKE AIRPORT HE LOCATED A PRIVATE STRIP WHERE HE TOUCHED DOWN WITH GEAR UP TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE. AFTER REMOVING ENGINE AND INSPECTING AIRFRAME ONLY DAMAGE IS TO LOWER ENGINE COWL AND PROP.

## Other reports on N42XT (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060411007789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060411007789A), Apr 11, 2006: N42XT, Glenwood, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 11, 2006 at 1050 hours mdst, an experimental nxt, N42XT registered to the pilot [privacy data omitted] made a hard landing after encountering…
- [Incident 20050902020119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050902020119I), Sep 2, 2005: NXT (N42XT), San Luis Obisp, CA, Minor damage. (-23) During phase one of test flying the left main gear collapsed during roll out after landing. The pilot/owner/airframe and powerplant certificate holder…

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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