# Incident 20140620008609I: White Carl A CHAMPION SPORTSTER, Houston, TX, June 20, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2014, 07:05 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Weiser Air Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9352° N, 95.6396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Weiser Air Park, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9352&lon=-95.6396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101JY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101JY-2018-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: White Carl A CHAMPION SPORTSTER (registry code 05618IP, https://openairdocs.org/model/white-carl-a-champion-sportster) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WHITE CARL A CHAMPION SPORTSTER
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL C85-12
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140620008609I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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