# Incident 20180502004479I: Hammersmith Kirk LANCAIR ES, Belen, NM, May 2, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2018, 09:05 local time
- Place: Belen, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7666° N, 106.8085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belen, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7666&lon=-106.8085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33KT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HAMMERSMITH KIRK LANCAIR ES
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,040 total, 391 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180502004479I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 2, 2018, AT 0900 MDT, A HAMMERSMITH ES, N33KT, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS PERFORMING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROAD AFTER ENGINE OIL LOSS OF PRESSURE AND STRUCK A DIRT BERM WITH THE LEFT WING WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJERED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ARTESIA, NM AT 0810 MDT ENROUTE TO PAGE, AZ.

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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