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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Letourneau Eugene AVID FLYER · Hendersonville, NC · March 4, 2017

Date
March 4, 2017 · 11:10 local
Place
Hendersonville, NC
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N227TG
Reported as
Letourneau Eugene Avid Flyer
Reported engine
ROTAX 582
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
896 total

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.

The Avid Flyer was returning to Hendersonville NC airport from the west after flying about 1 hour when the engine quit. Aircraft was approx 1000? AGL and 4 miles from airport at the time. The pilot executed a successful off-field landing on Hendersonville NC country club.

As the FAA filed it

THE AVID FLYER WAS RETURNING TO HENDERSONVILLE NC AIRPORT FROM THE WEST AFTER FLYING ABOUT 1 HOUR WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. AIRCRAFT WAS APPROX 1000? AGL AND 4 MILES FROM AIRPORT AT THE TIME. THE PILOT EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL OFF-FIELD LANDING ON HENDERSONVILLE NC COUNTRY CLUB.