20201001020039A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Airdrome Aeroplanes FOKKER DR-1 · Saluda, VA · October 1, 2020

Date
October 1, 2020 · 12:00 local
Place
Saluda, VA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N512FH
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA21LA005
Reported as
Airdrome Aeroplanes Fokker DR-1
Reported engine
Lycoming O-320-B2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,400 total25 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot reported aircraft loss of power with engine failure and several unsuccessful restart attempts. Aircraft was located in a yard approx. 1.5 miles from W75 runway threshold. The pilot reported that he clipped a single power line with his wheels prior to contact with the terrain. The aircraft wheels traveled through 8? Of soy bean field prior to entering a lawn. Then traveled another 48? Before flipping over the nose and inverted onto the top of the fuselage and upper wing

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT LOSS OF POWER WITH ENGINE FAILURE AND SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL RESTART ATTEMPTS. AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED IN A YARD APPROX. 1.5 MILES FROM W75 RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE CLIPPED A SINGLE POWER LINE WITH HIS WHEELS PRIOR TO CONTACT WITH THE TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT WHEELS TRAVELED THROUGH 8? OF SOY BEAN FIELD PRIOR TO ENTERING A LAWN. THEN TRAVELED ANOTHER 48? BEFORE FLIPPING OVER THE NOSE AND INVERTED ONTO THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE AND UPPER WING

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.