# Incident 20200522008939I: Clay David E SONEX, Temple, TX, May 22, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2020, 17:30 local time
- Place: Temple, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0982° N, 97.3428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Temple, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0982&lon=-97.3428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195SX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N195SX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Clay David E SONEX (registry code 056302C, https://openairdocs.org/model/clay-david-e-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CLAY DAVID E SONEX
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200522008939I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM A PRIVATELY OWNED AIRSTRIP ON 5-22-2020 AT APPROX 5:30 PM (CDT), OPERATING A CORVAIR POWERED SONEX AIRCRAFT. THE CLIMB OUT WAS NORMAL WITH NO INDICATIONS OF ANY PROBLEMS. PILOT FLEW FOR ABOUT APPROX 20 MINUTES WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO MISFIRE. PILOT TURNED TO THE CLOSEST AIRPORT WHICH WAS IN TEMPLE TEXAS, ABOUT 6 MILES AWAY.

THE MISFIRING CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. PILOT PROCEEDED 3 TO 4 MILES AND REALIZED THE PLANE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER AND  WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE TEMPLE AIRPORT. PILOT IDENTIFIED  A NEWLY PAVED ROAD WITH VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC. WITH THE ENGINE BARELY RUNNING, PILOT STARTED TO DESCEND THE AIRCRAFT TO THE ROAD. DURING THE DECENT THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT AN OVERHEAD LINE AND DAMAGED THE PROPELLER. PILOT CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND LANDED ON THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DAMAGE TO ANY PERSON,  PROPERTY, OR POWER LINES. AIRCRAFT WAS TRAILERED BACK TO PILOTS HANGAR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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