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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG · Mobile, AZ · March 29, 2023

Date
March 29, 2023 · 13:29 local
Place
Mobile, AZ
Airport
Bishop Airfield
Phase of flight
Unknown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1439C
Reported as
Columbia Aircraft Mfg LC41-550FG
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-550-C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 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.

The airman was in cruise flight when the aircraft engine stopped producing power. The airman performed the emergency engine faliure prodecures and could not get the engine to restart. The airman had to make a forced landing in the desert. No one was injured. The nose gear collasped during this landing causing minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER. THE AIRMAN PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY ENGINE FALIURE PRODECURES AND COULD NOT GET THE ENGINE TO RESTART. THE AIRMAN HAD TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING IN THE DESERT. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE NOSE GEAR COLLASPED DURING THIS LANDING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.