# Incident 20210416005329I: Just Aircraft LLC HIGHLANDER, Greenville, SC, April 16, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2021, 11:10 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Donaldson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7583° N, 82.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DONALDSON FLD (GYH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7583&lon=-82.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5113E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5113E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Just HIGHLANDER (registry code 05901Z3, https://openairdocs.org/model/just-highlander) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JUST AIRCRAFT LLC HIGHLANDER
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210416005329I

## Narrative

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

PER PILOT:  LEAVING DONALDSON FOR A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO PICKENS. LOST POWER WHEN I REDUCED TAKE OFF RPMS.  INSTITUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  CALLED TOWER AND PROCEEDED TO LAND.  NOT ENOUGH PAVED RUNWAY LEFT.  DECIDED TO CONTINUE INTO PRESUMED MOWED GRASS AREA AND FOUND HIGH GRASS WITH RUTS.  NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, BREAKING PROP AND MINOR DAMAGE TO LOWER COWLING.  NO INJURIES WITH PILOT AND PASSENGER.

FOLLOW UP WITH CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE:

PILOT STATED: EXHAUST GASKET FAILURE ON NUMBER 2 CYLINDER FOGGED AIRFILTER AND CHOCKED ENGINE AFTER REDUCING POWER AFTER TAKEOFF

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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