# Incident 20140718017559I: Fargnoli Vincent CHALLENGER, East Moriches, NY, July 18, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2014, 12:55 local time
- Place: East Moriches, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8088° N, 72.7566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Moriches, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8088&lon=-72.7566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31686, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31686-2018-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fargnoli Vincent CHALLENGER (registry code 059013I, https://openairdocs.org/model/fargnoli-vincent-challenger) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FARGNOLI VINCENT CHALLENGER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 11 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140718017559I

## Narrative

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

^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).

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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