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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Loehr Thomas H ZENITH STOL CH701 · Versailles, MO · April 25, 2014

Date
April 25, 2014 · 16:52 local
Place
Versailles, MO
Airport
Roy Otten Memorial Airfield
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N144AC
Reported as
Loehr Thomas H Zenith Stol CH701
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total50 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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.

The engine RPM increased abruptly and the propeller ceased operation on a flight from H79 to 3VS at cruise speed and altitude. The pilot executed a forced landing in a field off airport.

As the FAA filed it

THE ENGINE RPM INCREASED ABRUPTLY AND THE PROPELLER CEASED OPERATION ON A FLIGHT FROM H79 TO 3VS AT CRUISE SPEED AND ALTITUDE. THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD OFF AIRPORT.

Other reports on N144AC · 1

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