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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · White Carl A CHAMPION SPORTSTER · Houston, TX · June 20, 2014

Date
June 20, 2014 · 07:05 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Weiser Air Park
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N101JY
Reported as
White Carl A Champion Sportster
Reported engine
Continental C85-12
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total

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.

On June 20, 2014, around 8:30 am central standard time the Houston FSDO was notified that aircraft N101JY, an experimental amateur built aircraft model Champion Sportster made an emergency landing in the parking lot of a business located at privacy data omitted in west Houston. Pilot and occupant onboard reported no injuries. According to a written statement from the pilot, he departed from Weiser Air Park Airport in cypress, Texas for sightseeing. At 1,300 feet, the pilot felt the engine ?sputter?. Pilot indicated the he immediately turned back to the airport. Pilot stated that the ?engine quit over pinemont and 290? Forcing the pilot to land. An inspection of the aircraft at scene was performed by the reporting inspector. The plane made contact in a grass area where the right main landing gear broke and continued sliding on its left main landing gear and right wing tip until stopped at the parking lot. The aircraft was resting on the left main landing gear and the right wing tip. Right wing tip lower surface was scratched. Propeller tips were bent backward. Spinning of the propeller revealed no engine compression or resistance. Further examination revealed no pistons movement when the crankshaft is turning. The crankshaft broke between the propeller flange and the front cylinder. Engine oil was within capacity. Fuel tank was ¾ its capacity. A records check was performed. Engine last inspection was conducted on April 25, 2014. An entry on the engine logbook indicates that the engine was overhauled on June 30, 1987 after being on storage since 1957. Another entry indicates that on 2005 at 1,049 hours engine total time the engine was installed on aircraft N101JY when the aircraft was built and certified. Further examination of the engine will be performed.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 20, 2014, AROUND 8:30 AM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME THE HOUSTON FSDO WAS NOTIFIED THAT AIRCRAFT N101JY, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT MODEL CHAMPION SPORTSTER MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE PARKING LOT OF A BUSINESS LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN WEST HOUSTON. PILOT AND OCCUPANT ONBOARD REPORTED NO INJURIES. ACCORDING TO A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT, HE DEPARTED FROM WEISER AIR PARK AIRPORT IN CYPRESS, TEXAS FOR SIGHTSEEING. AT 1,300 FEET, THE PILOT FELT THE ENGINE ?SPUTTER?. PILOT INDICATED THE HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT. PILOT STATED THAT THE ?ENGINE QUIT OVER PINEMONT AND 290? FORCING THE PILOT TO LAND. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT SCENE WAS PERFORMED BY THE REPORTING INSPECTOR. THE PLANE MADE CONTACT IN A GRASS AREA WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKE AND CONTINUED SLIDING ON ITS LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT WING TIP UNTIL STOPPED AT THE PARKING LOT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RESTING ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE RIGHT WING TIP. RIGHT WING TIP LOWER SURFACE WAS SCRATCHED. PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT BACKWARD. SPINNING OF THE PROPELLER REVEALED NO ENGINE COMPRESSION OR RESISTANCE. FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED NO PISTONS MOVEMENT WHEN THE CRANKSHAFT IS TURNING. THE CRANKSHAFT BROKE BETWEEN THE PROPELLER FLANGE AND THE FRONT CYLINDER. ENGINE OIL WAS WITHIN CAPACITY. FUEL TANK WAS ¾ ITS CAPACITY. A RECORDS CHECK WAS PERFORMED. ENGINE LAST INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON APRIL 25, 2014. AN ENTRY ON THE ENGINE LOGBOOK INDICATES THAT THE ENGINE WAS OVERHAULED ON JUNE 30, 1987 AFTER BEING ON STORAGE SINCE 1957. ANOTHER ENTRY INDICATES THAT ON 2005 AT 1,049 HOURS ENGINE TOTAL TIME THE ENGINE WAS INSTALLED ON AIRCRAFT N101JY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS BUILT AND CERTIFIED. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE WILL BE PERFORMED.