# Incident 20131205023449I: Robertson James F VELOCITY STD/RG-E, Fort Pierce, FL, December 5, 2013 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 5, 2013, 15:50 local time - Place: Fort Pierce, FL - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10 - Aircraft: N112TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N112TH-2015-04-28) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Robertson James F VELOCITY STD/RG-E (registry code 05623N8, https://openairdocs.org/model/robertson-james-f-velocity-std-rg-e) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Superior IO-360 series (registry code 59251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: ROBERTSON JAMES F VELOCITY STD/RG-E - Reported engine: SUPERIOR IO-360 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 6 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131205023449I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON DECEMBER 5, 2013, AT OR ABOUT 1550 EST, AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHILE ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N112TH, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT VELOCITY, EXPERIENCED INSUFFICIENT ENGINE POWER TO ACCELERATE OR CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RUNWAY 10R, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA. UPON RECOGNITION OF THE APPARENT INSUFFICIENT ENGINE POWER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ELECTED TO REDUCE POWER AND LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD. AFTER SAFELY LANDING AND ROLLING OUT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET IN THE GRASS THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AS A RESULT OF SOFT TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET AFTER THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. MINOR DAMAGED SUSTAINED WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND LANDING GEAR DOORS. THE AIRMAN?S PILOT RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE AIRMAN WAS CURRENT AND QUALIFIED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRMAN?S DECISION TO REDUCE POWER AND LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD BASED ON THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ONE THAT IS NOT EASILY EVALUATED IN RETROSPECT. THE AIRMAN INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE RUN UP APPEARED NORMAL. THE AIRMAN DESCRIBED A NORMAL TAKEOFF ROLL, ROTATION, ROTATION SPEED, AND CLIMB ATTITUDE HOWEVER, ONCE AIRBORNE THE AIRMAN DESCRIBED THE ENGINE AS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH POWER TO CLIMB OR ACCELERATE. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE FLEW THIS AIRCRAFT SINCE PURCHASING AND REASSEMBLING THIS AIRCRAFT AFTER RELOCATING THIS AIRCRAFT TO FORT PIERCE. THE AIRMAN INDICATED THAT HE WAS TRAINED AND FLEW THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AIRCRAFT IN DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRWORTHY PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL WHICH APPEARED TO BE OF GOOD QUALITY ONBOARD FOR THE PLANED FLIGHT. THE FUEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC PUMP DELIVERED FUEL TO THE FUEL INJECTOR SERVO NORMALLY. THE INDUCTION AIR FILTER WAS UNOBSTRUCTED. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE WITH THE COWLING REMOVED REVEALED NO READILY IDENTIFIABLE DEFECTS. THE PROPELLER APPEARED TO BE IN NEW CONDITION. AN A&P MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED AND RAN THE ENGINE ALSO FOUND NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS AND INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY. WEATHER WAS VFR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND IS NOT CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT HAS REVEALED NO APPARENT CAUSE FOR A LACK OF ENGINE POWER AFTER LIFTOFF OR OTHER FACTORS WHICH WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT IS AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRPLANE WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 HOURS TOTAL TIME ON THE AIRFRAME. NO FAA RESPONSIBILITIES WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION. ## Other reports on N112TH (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20150213003319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150213003319A), Feb 13, 2015: Robertson James F VELOCITY STD/RG-E (N112TH), Sebastian, FL, Destroyed. See block 43 - [Accident 20100909051989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100909051989A), Sep 9, 2010: Robertson J VELOCITY ST (N112TH), Wooster, OH, Substantial damage. The pilot was flying his experimental amateur built velocity aircraft N112TH from somerset pa (2G9) to Wayne County Airport (bjj) at about 3200'FT his engine… - [Incident 20090517008639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090517008639I), May 17, 2009: Amtr VELOCITY (N112TH), Wooster, OH, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft had been flown to wheeling, WV to have some interior work done and to be painted at a paint and interior facility, Ohio valley aviation.… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.