20141026018459I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Story Dewayne M Lancair 320-FB · Ardmore, OK · October 26, 2014

Date
October 26, 2014 · 13:50 local
Place
Ardmore, OK
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N323DS
Reported as
Story Dewayne M Lancair 320-FB
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
260 in this make and model3 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.

On 10/26/2014 , the subject aircraft departed koun to T31 on a VFR flight. According to the pilot, he climbed to the altitude of 3000 feet, just when he was passing Ardmore municipal airport he noted that the aircraft engine was losing power, he turned back to Ardmore municipal airport, could not hold the altitude and consequently landed on a street about quarter to half mile short of the airport. Pilot was the only person onboard and had no injuries to report.

As the FAA filed it

ON 10/26/2014 , THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KOUN TO T31 ON A VFR FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE CLIMBED TO THE ALTITUDE OF 3000 FEET, JUST WHEN HE WAS PASSING ARDMORE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HE NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS LOSING POWER, HE TURNED BACK TO ARDMORE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, COULD NOT HOLD THE ALTITUDE AND CONSEQUENTLY LANDED ON A STREET ABOUT QUARTER TO HALF MILE SHORT OF THE AIRPORT. PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD AND HAD NO INJURIES TO REPORT.