# Incident 20220902016879I: Odosij Eugene FLIGHTSTAR II, Coloma, MI, September 2, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2022, 10:53 local time
- Place: Coloma, MI
- Airport: Dowagiac Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9929° N, 86.1283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOWAGIAC MUNI (C91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9929&lon=-86.1283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3171N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3171N-2023-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Odosij Eugene FLIGHTSTAR II (registry code 059013E, https://openairdocs.org/model/odosij-eugene-flightstar-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ODOSIJ EUGENE FLIGHTSTAR II
- Reported engine: HKS 700E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220902016879I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 02, 2022 AT 1053 LOCAL TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT ODOSIJ EUGENE, FLIGHTSTAR II AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE 2 MILES SOUTH WEST OF THE TOWN OF COLOMA, MICHIGAN. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED THE DOWAGIAC MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (C91) APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING FINE THEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD LOST ENGINE THROTTLE CONTROL AS THE RPM’S STARTED TO DECREASE. THE PILOT FELT HE COULD NOT RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AS THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD. ON LANDING THE GEAR COLLAPSED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND LATER THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIELD BY TRUCK AND TRAILER.

IT WAS LATER FOUND, ACCORDING TO THE OWNER, THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD BECOME LOOSE AT THE CARBURETOR ATTACH POINT.

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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