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FAA incident report · Hunting Percival P84 JET PROVOST T3 · Center, CO · April 28, 2020

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Date
April 28, 2020 · 08:10 local
Place
Center, CO
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N4427Q
Reported as
Hunting Percival P84 JET Provost T3
Reported engine
Rolls Royce VIPER-102
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
9,047 total325 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days
N4427QRegistered now · Hunting Percival P84 JET PROVOST T3S/N PACW 6328 · Built 1965Airframe modelHunting Percival P84 JET PROVOST T3Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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

Pilot departed Colorado springs, CO, (kcos) at 0730 MDT heading for cortez, CO.

Approximately 29 nautical miles north of del norte, CO, on a heading of 245 degrees at an altitude of 16,500 feet, and 85% turbine RPM, the pilot started to get a very slight decrease in turbine speed. The turbine RPM decreased 4%. The pilot thought the throttle was creeping back, so he slowly advanced the power back to 85% and held on to the throttle to make sure it did not move. Within a couple of minutes, the pilot heard a loud bang, felt a large vibration, received a generator light, and the engine spooled down. Since the pilot was over mountainous terrain, he made an immediate turn southbound towards lower terrain. The pilot was on flight following with denver Center and called mayday and requested vectors to the nearest airport. The pilot was given an initial vector towards del norte airport. During the glide, the pilot preformed the emergency checklist and secured the engine. As the pilot descended, he lost contact with Center and relayed through an airliner. The pilot realized he wasn?t going to make the del norte airport, so he surveyed my available options. The pilot considered a dirt road but as he got closer, he could see that it had telephone poles along the edge of the road. The pilot changed to a pasture and planned to land gear up, but as I got closer to the ground it looked relatively smooth, with scattered sagebrush amongst the grass. The pilot put the gear down and flaps and made an off airport emergency landing without incident. After getting stopped, the pilot radioed ATC thru the airline, that he was down and safe with no damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, (KCOS) AT 0730 MDT HEADING FOR CORTEZ, CO.

APPROXIMATELY 29 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF DEL NORTE, CO, ON A HEADING OF 245 DEGREES AT AN ALTITUDE OF 16,500 FEET, AND 85% TURBINE RPM, THE PILOT STARTED TO GET A VERY SLIGHT DECREASE IN TURBINE SPEED. THE TURBINE RPM DECREASED 4%. THE PILOT THOUGHT THE THROTTLE WAS CREEPING BACK, SO HE SLOWLY ADVANCED THE POWER BACK TO 85% AND HELD ON TO THE THROTTLE TO MAKE SURE IT DID NOT MOVE. WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG, FELT A LARGE VIBRATION, RECEIVED A GENERATOR LIGHT, AND THE ENGINE SPOOLED DOWN. SINCE THE PILOT WAS OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, HE MADE AN IMMEDIATE TURN SOUTHBOUND TOWARDS LOWER TERRAIN. THE PILOT WAS ON FLIGHT FOLLOWING WITH DENVER CENTER AND CALLED MAYDAY AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS GIVEN AN INITIAL VECTOR TOWARDS DEL NORTE AIRPORT. DURING THE GLIDE, THE PILOT PREFORMED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND SECURED THE ENGINE. AS THE PILOT DESCENDED, HE LOST CONTACT WITH CENTER AND RELAYED THROUGH AN AIRLINER. THE PILOT REALIZED HE WASN?T GOING TO MAKE THE DEL NORTE AIRPORT, SO HE SURVEYED MY AVAILABLE OPTIONS. THE PILOT CONSIDERED A DIRT ROAD BUT AS HE GOT CLOSER, HE COULD SEE THAT IT HAD TELEPHONE POLES ALONG THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. THE PILOT CHANGED TO A PASTURE AND PLANNED TO LAND GEAR UP, BUT AS I GOT CLOSER TO THE GROUND IT LOOKED RELATIVELY SMOOTH, WITH SCATTERED SAGEBRUSH AMONGST THE GRASS. THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND FLAPS AND MADE AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER GETTING STOPPED, THE PILOT RADIOED ATC THRU THE AIRLINE, THAT HE WAS DOWN AND SAFE WITH NO DAMAGE.