# Incident 20130502008839I: Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540, Deer Park, NY, May 2, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2013, 12:50 local time
- Place: Deer Park, NY
- Airport: Republic Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111DW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N111DW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zivko Aeronautics EDGE 540 (registry code 056037G, https://openairdocs.org/model/zivko-aeronautics-edge-540) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZIVKO AERONAUTICS INC EDGE 540
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,500 total, 750 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130502008839I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CERTIFICATE # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REPORTED THAT WHILE RETURNING TO REPUBLIC AIRPORT, FRG, IN HIS ZIVCO EDGE 540, N111DW, SERIAL # 0024, HE EXPERIENCED A ROUGH ENGINE.  AFTER MAKING A SLIGHT CHANGE TO THE PROP CONTROL IN AN ATTEMPT TO SMOOTH THE ENGINE VIBRATION, THE ENGINE SEIZED ABRUPTLY.  HE REPORTED A MAYDAY TO THE FRG TOWER AND PERFORMED A LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE:

ENGINE SEIZED-INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE, FRACTURED ENGINE CASE.

FAILURE OF PROPELLER BLADES FROM SUDDEN STOPPAGE/ENGINE SIEZURE.

SKIN DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT LOWER WING SKIN, POSSIBLY FROM THE DEPARTING PROPELLER BLADES.

ENGINE IS BEING SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION (RE: PTRS EA1120135164)

## Other reports on N111DW (1)

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

- [Incident 20010827033799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010827033799I), Aug 27, 2001: Amtr EDGE540 (N111DW), Babylon, NY, Minor damage. (-23) After practicing aerobatic maneuvers, pilot was heading back to frg when engine lost power. Pilot landed in parking lot.

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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