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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lake LA-4-200 · Gordonsville, VA · September 10, 2017

Date
September 10, 2017 · 19:30 local
Place
Gordonsville, VA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N80125
Reported as
Lake LA-4-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
927 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 pilot made an emergency landing in a field due to a loss of engine power.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD DUE TO A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.