# Incident 20170820017229I: Quad City Ultralight Acft Corp CHALLENGER LW1, Watervliet, MI, August 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2017, 11:40 local time
- Place: Watervliet, MI
- Airport: Watervliet Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2007° N, 86.2494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERVLIET MUNI (40C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2007&lon=-86.2494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5137T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5137T-2020-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Quad City Ultralight Acft CHALLENGER LW1 (registry code 05902S5, https://openairdocs.org/model/quad-city-ultralight-acft-challenger-lw1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 447 (registry code 55576, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-447) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUAD CITY ULTRALIGHT ACFT CORP CHALLENGER LW1
- Reported engine: ROTAX 447
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 75 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170820017229I

## Narrative

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

AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT OPERATING AS LIGHT SPORT AND FLOWN BY A PRIVATE PILOT-CERTIFICATED OWNER EXPERIENCED A POWER FAILURE FOR UNKNOWN REASONS DURING CRUISE FLIGHT.

THE PILOT PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING ON A GOLF COURSE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILE WEST OF THE WATERVLIET, MICHIGAN AIRPORT (40C). UPON LANDING, THE UNEVEN TERRAIN CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE DURING THE LANDING ROLL, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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