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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Robert Vosburgh/9g Enterp VANS RV-10 · Monroeville, AL · May 21, 2020

Date
May 21, 2020 · 11:30 local
Place
Monroeville, AL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N14FV
Reported as
Robert Vosburgh/9g Enterp Vans RV-10
Reported engine
Lycoming YIO-540 SERIE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
3,986 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.

While in cruise flight the engine lost power. Pilot tried switching tanks to left and right tanks for restart with fuel pump having no effect. Pilot landed on 4 lane road with the flow of traffic. The aircraft coasted off highway into gas station parking lot. No damage to aircraft or property.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT TRIED SWITCHING TANKS TO LEFT AND RIGHT TANKS FOR RESTART WITH FUEL PUMP HAVING NO EFFECT. PILOT LANDED ON 4 LANE ROAD WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THE AIRCRAFT COASTED OFF HIGHWAY INTO GAS STATION PARKING LOT. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY.