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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Zarra Ron E RV-4 · Nine Mile Falls, WA · August 22, 2019

Date
August 22, 2019 · 17:30 local
Place
Nine Mile Falls, WA
Airport
Deer Park
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N844
Reported as
Zarra Ron E RV-4
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
9,800 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.

After approximately 1 hour of flying and while in route back to departure airport the aircraft suffered a loss of oil pressure and was forced to land in a wheat field. The aircraft only sustained minor damage and the pilot did not receive any injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR OF FLYING AND WHILE IN ROUTE BACK TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A WHEAT FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.