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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Russell E Oberg MURPHY REBEL · Ft. Collins, CO · October 13, 2017

Date
October 13, 2017 · 10:58 local
Place
Ft. Collins, CO
Airport
Vance Brand
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N734R
Reported as
Russell E Oberg Murphy Rebel
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
341 total18 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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.

On October 13, 2017, at approximately 1058 mountain standard time (MST), N734R, a 2015 Murphy Rebel experimental home built aircraft was substantially damaged when it executed an emergency landing in a field near Ft. Collins, Colorado. Location was approximately a latitude 40-37-33.3N, and longitude 105-06-22W. Weather at the time was VFR. The pilot was the only person on board and was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 13, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1058 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME (MST), N734R, A 2015 MURPHY REBEL EXPERIMENTAL HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR FT. COLLINS, COLORADO. LOCATION WAS APPROXIMATELY A LATITUDE 40-37-33.3N, AND LONGITUDE 105-06-22W. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VFR. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED.