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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amazon Logistics MK27 · Pendleton, OR · February 1, 2022

Date: February 1, 2022 · 09:00 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: N588PA
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: 294 total

N588PARegistration cancelled Nov 10, 2022 · Amazon Logistics MK27S/N 000361 · Built 2020 Airframe modelAmazon Logistics MK27 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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.

This event occurred during a maintenance check flight for SN361. All preflight checks were nominal. Launch and hybrid flight were all standard, including in-flight communications. The aircraft transitioned to vtol at about 90 feet over the delivery pad as normal, and began the rotation that precedes descent. Immediately after the rotation began, the aircraft lost power, and descended straight down, impacting the ground adjacent to the delivery pad.

As the FAA filed it

THIS EVENT OCCURRED DURING A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT FOR SN361. ALL PREFLIGHT CHECKS WERE NOMINAL. LAUNCH AND HYBRID FLIGHT WERE ALL STANDARD, INCLUDING IN-FLIGHT COMMUNICATIONS. THE AIRCRAFT TRANSITIONED TO VTOL AT ABOUT 90 FEET OVER THE DELIVERY PAD AS NORMAL, AND BEGAN THE ROTATION THAT PRECEDES DESCENT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ROTATION BEGAN, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER, AND DESCENDED STRAIGHT DOWN, IMPACTING THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE DELIVERY PAD.