20200228006799I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Frederick Wagoner WAIEX · February 28, 2020

Date
February 28, 2020 · 12:25 local
Airport
Las Cruces International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N555WX
Reported as
Frederick Wagoner Waiex
Reported engine
Revmaster 2100
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 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.

On February 28, 2020, at 1225 MST, a fredrick wagoner Waiex, N555WX, registered to privacy data omitted, experienced an engine failure just after takeoff on runway 8 at las Cruces, NM airport (lru) and landed in a cattle pasture just off the departure end of the runway, while on a pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the pilot was not injured. The flight originated at las Cruces, NM airport.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 28, 2020, AT 1225 MST, A FREDRICK WAGONER WAIEX, N555WX, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE JUST AFTER TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 8 AT LAS CRUCES, NM AIRPORT (LRU) AND LANDED IN A CATTLE PASTURE JUST OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAS CRUCES, NM AIRPORT.