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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Buffe W E PULSAR · Bumpass, VA · June 25, 2013

Date
June 25, 2013 · 09:00 local
Place
Bumpass, VA
Airport
Lake Anna Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2187F
Reported as
Buffe W E Pulsar
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Sport pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total8 in this make and model

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.

A small coolant hose connecting the cylinder head to the small pressure cap reservoir came loose. The escaped coolant blew back and coated the canopy which caused difficulty in landing. The pilot landed on runway 8 at 7W4 but went off the FAR end. The nose wheel assembly collapsed, the prop impacted the dirt and broke. Damage is actually quite limited.

As the FAA filed it

A SMALL COOLANT HOSE CONNECTING THE CYLINDER HEAD TO THE SMALL PRESSURE CAP RESERVOIR CAME LOOSE. THE ESCAPED COOLANT BLEW BACK AND COATED THE CANOPY WHICH CAUSED DIFFICULTY IN LANDING. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 8 AT 7W4 BUT WENT OFF THE FAR END. THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY COLLAPSED, THE PROP IMPACTED THE DIRT AND BROKE. DAMAGE IS ACTUALLY QUITE LIMITED.