# Incident 20221209018599I: Yakovlev YAK 18T, Highland, NY, December 9, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2022, 07:30 local time
- Place: Highland, NY
- Airport: Old Orchard Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6572° N, 74.0772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OLD ORCHARD AIRPARK (2NK9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6572&lon=-74.0772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8018T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8018T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK 18T (registry code 9830120, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-18t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Vedeneyev M14P (registry code 63601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/vedeneyev-m14p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKOVLEV YAK 18T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221209018599I

## Narrative

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

ON 08 DECEMBER 2022 SACHA ALEXANDER BOTBOL, A PART 91 OPERATOR, WAS OPERATING A YAK 18T EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT HE OWNS AT OLD ORCHARD AIRPARK 2NK9.  DURING TAKEOFF, THE OPERATOR REPORTED EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF POWER JUST AFTER THE LANDING GEAR WAS STOWED.  THIS CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE GRASS RUNWAY.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THEIR DECISION TO LAND WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP WAS ASSOCIATED TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE LANDING GEAR TAKES TO EXTEND AND THEIR ABILITY TO LAND SAFELY.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FURTHER STATED SIGNS OF WATER IN THE FUEL WAS DISCOVERED POST FLIGHT AND MAY HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED WHILE TRANSPORTING THE FUEL IN THE BACK OF THEIR PICKUP TRUCK. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF SIGNIFIGANT DAMAGE AND WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.

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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