# Incident 20130830016459I: Webb Alan HARMON ROCKET II, Butte Falls, OR, August 30, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2013, 06:40 local time
- Place: Butte Falls, OR
- Airport: Rogue Valley International - Medford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3750° N, 122.8733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROGUE VALLEY INTL/MEDFORD (MFR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3750&lon=-122.8733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N281AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N281AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Webb Alan HARMON ROCKET II (registry code 056101T, https://openairdocs.org/model/webb-alan-harmon-rocket-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WEBB ALAN HARMON ROCKET II
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 383 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130830016459I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED UNEVENTFUL TAKEOFF FROM MFR AND CLIMB TO 9500 FT, WHEN HE PULLED THE RAM AIR INTAKE CONTROL.  AS SOON AS THE CONTROL WAS OPENED THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 1250 RPM AND 14.5 IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE.  ALL ATTEMPTS TO RESET ENGINE AND FUEL CONTROLS FAILED TO RESTORE POWER.  PILOT FOUND CLEARING IN OPEN AREA BY RANCH HOUSE AND LANDED SAFELY OFF AIRPORT IN FIELD ABOUT 25 MILES NE OF MFR.  NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO PILOT.

AFTER LANDING FOUND BIRD HAD LODGED IN RAM AIR SCOOP SOMETIME DURING OR AFTER TAKEOFF, AND HAD BEEN SUCKED INTO THE ENGINE FUEL SERVO UNIT WHEN THE RAM AIR VALVE WAS OPENED.  REPLACEMENT OF FUEL SERVO WAS ALL THAT WAS REQUIRED TO REPAIR AIRCRAFT.

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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