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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Fargnoli Vincent CHALLENGER · East Moriches, NY · July 18, 2014

Date
July 18, 2014 · 12:55 local
Place
East Moriches, NY
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31686
Reported as
Fargnoli Vincent Challenger
Reported engine
ROTAX 503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total11 in this make and model5 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.

privacy data omitted, Commercial pilot certificate # privacy data omitted, performed a normal runup, departed lufker airport (49N) intending to practice traffic pattern work. During his turn from crosswind to downwind, while at an altitude of approximately 600'MSL, his aircraft engine suffered a sudden loss of engine power. The airman then maneuvered in a left hand turn to land on the median of sunrise highway. While descending, the airman maneuvered to the right to avoid a service vehicle in the median. Airman landed the aircraft on the eastbound lane of sunrise highway and the aircraft came to rest on the exit ramp towards county road 51 (exit 61).

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PERFORMED A NORMAL RUNUP, DEPARTED LUFKER AIRPORT (49N) INTENDING TO PRACTICE TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK. DURING HIS TURN FROM CROSSWIND TO DOWNWIND, WHILE AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 600'MSL, HIS AIRCRAFT ENGINE SUFFERED A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE AIRMAN THEN MANEUVERED IN A LEFT HAND TURN TO LAND ON THE MEDIAN OF SUNRISE HIGHWAY. WHILE DESCENDING, THE AIRMAN MANEUVERED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID A SERVICE VEHICLE IN THE MEDIAN. AIRMAN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE EASTBOUND LANE OF SUNRISE HIGHWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE EXIT RAMP TOWARDS COUNTY ROAD 51 (EXIT 61).