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FAA accident report · Lancair LC41-550FG · Spring Brook To, PA · December 11, 2018

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Date
December 11, 2018 · 11:35 local
Place
Spring Brook To, PA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N618G
Reported as
Lancair LC41-550FG
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,498 total1,351 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days
N618GRegistered now · Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FGS/N 41619 · Built 2006Airframe modelColumbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FGEngine modelContinental TSIO-550-CReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot enroute from klom (lincoln park NJ) to kbgm (binghamton NY) flying IFR in VMC at 5000 ft in cruise. Engine made a noise accompanied by partial power loss. Pilot declared emergency and was vectored to nearest airport kavp. Engine failed and propeller stopped. Pilot selected landing site and touched down on gravel driveway on approximate heading of 105. Sufficient distance to stop was not available and aircraft contacted vegetation and came to rest upright and intact on approximate heading 315 near intersection of mislinski road and o?hara road, partially blocking o?hara road.

The sole occupant was the pilot and he was uninjured. The aircraft nose gear was broken off by contact with ditch near final resting place. Aircraft right wing suffered substantial damage, left wing suffered minor damage, and various fairings and covers were damaged. Propeller damage signatures suggest engine was not running during impact. Examination of engine compartment disclosed catastrophic engine failure evinced by numerous holes in crankcase, one wrist pin located in baffling, one connecting rod located on top of engine, etc. Propeller could not be rotated by hand.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ENROUTE FROM KLOM (LINCOLN PARK NJ) TO KBGM (BINGHAMTON NY) FLYING IFR IN VMC AT 5000 FT IN CRUISE. ENGINE MADE A NOISE ACCOMPANIED BY PARTIAL POWER LOSS. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND WAS VECTORED TO NEAREST AIRPORT KAVP. ENGINE FAILED AND PROPELLER STOPPED. PILOT SELECTED LANDING SITE AND TOUCHED DOWN ON GRAVEL DRIVEWAY ON APPROXIMATE HEADING OF 105. SUFFICIENT DISTANCE TO STOP WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND AIRCRAFT CONTACTED VEGETATION AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT AND INTACT ON APPROXIMATE HEADING 315 NEAR INTERSECTION OF MISLINSKI ROAD AND O?HARA ROAD, PARTIALLY BLOCKING O?HARA ROAD.

THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS THE PILOT AND HE WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF BY CONTACT WITH DITCH NEAR FINAL RESTING PLACE. AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, LEFT WING SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE, AND VARIOUS FAIRINGS AND COVERS WERE DAMAGED. PROPELLER DAMAGE SIGNATURES SUGGEST ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING DURING IMPACT. EXAMINATION OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT DISCLOSED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE EVINCED BY NUMEROUS HOLES IN CRANKCASE, ONE WRIST PIN LOCATED IN BAFFLING, ONE CONNECTING ROD LOCATED ON TOP OF ENGINE, ETC. PROPELLER COULD NOT BE ROTATED BY HAND.