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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sowieja/Challenger CHALLENGER II · Farmington, MN · November 2, 2018

Date
November 2, 2018 · 16:50 local
Place
Farmington, MN
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N723T
Reported as
Sowieja/Challenger Challenger II
Reported engine
Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total33 in this make and model

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.

Pilot experienced engine failure on final approach to runway. Emergency landing made into soybean field. Damage to nose gear tube and left main gear tube in muddy crop field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY. EMERGENCY LANDING MADE INTO SOYBEAN FIELD. DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR TUBE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR TUBE IN MUDDY CROP FIELD.