20210802016109I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amazon Logistics MK27 · Pendleton, OR · August 2, 2021

Date
August 2, 2021 · 07:55 local
Place
Pendleton, OR
Airport
Eastern Oregon Regional At Pendlet
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
4MZA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N592PA
Reported as
Amazon Logistics MK27
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
900 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.

privacy data omitted Had launched normally and successfully delivered package at drop point. During the return portion of the flight privacy data omitted self-commanded an urgent land command, transitioned from forward flight back into vtol and descended toward the ground. At about 15 meters above the ground the aircraft yawed excessively during final landing maneuvers and appeared to be rolling over. A flight termination command was initiated by a safety observer. Aircraft impacted ground upside down with substantual damage to the aircraft.

Review of collected flight data revealed a (30053) ropulsion_system_motor_rear_ right_warning had been generated when the #1 motor (rear right) electronic speed control lost DC power input.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD LAUNCHED NORMALLY AND SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED PACKAGE AT DROP POINT. DURING THE RETURN PORTION OF THE FLIGHT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SELF-COMMANDED AN URGENT LAND COMMAND, TRANSITIONED FROM FORWARD FLIGHT BACK INTO VTOL AND DESCENDED TOWARD THE GROUND. AT ABOUT 15 METERS ABOVE THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT YAWED EXCESSIVELY DURING FINAL LANDING MANEUVERS AND APPEARED TO BE ROLLING OVER. A FLIGHT TERMINATION COMMAND WAS INITIATED BY A SAFETY OBSERVER. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND UPSIDE DOWN WITH SUBSTANTUAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

REVIEW OF COLLECTED FLIGHT DATA REVEALED A (30053) ROPULSION_SYSTEM_MOTOR_REAR_ RIGHT_WARNING HAD BEEN GENERATED WHEN THE #1 MOTOR (REAR RIGHT) ELECTRONIC SPEED CONTROL LOST DC POWER INPUT.