20210714010739I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Czech Sport PIPER SPORT · Wichita, KS · July 14, 2021

Date
July 14, 2021 · 17:05 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N789PS
Reported as
Czech Sport Piper Sport
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
260 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.

The aircraft was enroute from lmo to 3AU at 7000 ft 20NM north of ict airport when the pilot reported loss of engine power to ATC and was diverted to the ict airport. The pilot determined he could not make the ict airport, declared an emergency and landed the aircraft in a grassy area on the west side of a canal 5 miles north of the ict airport.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM LMO TO 3AU AT 7000 FT 20NM NORTH OF ICT AIRPORT WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER TO ATC AND WAS DIVERTED TO THE ICT AIRPORT. THE PILOT DETERMINED HE COULD NOT MAKE THE ICT AIRPORT, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A GRASSY AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF A CANAL 5 MILES NORTH OF THE ICT AIRPORT.