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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Czech Sport PIPER SPORT · Plano, TX · October 27, 2014

Date
October 27, 2014 · 17:00 local
Place
Plano, TX
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N550PS
Reported as
Czech Sport Piper Sport
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Pilot experienced complete engine failure at a low altitude. Was unable to restart the engine. Located a clear area and landed but was unable to turn into the wind for landing resulting in aircraft ending up submerged in a pond.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXPERIENCED COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AT A LOW ALTITUDE. WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. LOCATED A CLEAR AREA AND LANDED BUT WAS UNABLE TO TURN INTO THE WIND FOR LANDING RESULTING IN AIRCRAFT ENDING UP SUBMERGED IN A POND.

Other reports on N550PS · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.