# Incident 20170821017249I: Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, Shreveport, LA, August 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2017, 18:50 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Shreveport Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4465° N, 93.8260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHREVEPORT RGNL (SHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4465&lon=-93.8260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N903EN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N903EN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vans RV-12 (registry code 0690009, https://openairdocs.org/model/vans-rv-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-12
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 35 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170821017249I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT SHUDDERED @ 200 FEET AGL AND ENGINE RPM DROPPED OFF TO 4300.  PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO LOSS OF POWER.  AIRCRAFT LANDED SHV WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN REVEALED CONTAMINTATED FUEL.

FUEL SYSTEM FLUSHED AND AIRCRAFT FLOWN TWO HOURS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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