20230121000809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Carpenter Ken/Lester T E ZENITH 750 · Knoxville, TN · January 21, 2023

Date
January 21, 2023 · 13:30 local
Place
Knoxville, TN
Airport
Sky Ranch
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N750CL
Reported as
Carpenter Ken/Lester T E Zenith 750
Reported engine
Continental O-200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 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.

Pilot was in cruise phase of flight when engine stopped. Was able to restart initially and then engine stopped again. Was unable to regain continuous power so performed emergency landing on interstate I-40 in Knoxville, TN. No injuries to anone on the ground or pilot. Minor damage to aircraft nose wheel and wingtip.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS IN CRUISE PHASE OF FLIGHT WHEN ENGINE STOPPED. WAS ABLE TO RESTART INITIALLY AND THEN ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN. WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTINUOUS POWER SO PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING ON INTERSTATE I-40 IN KNOXVILLE, TN. NO INJURIES TO ANONE ON THE GROUND OR PILOT. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL AND WINGTIP.