# Incident 20230421007059I: Robert F Gordon BUTTERCUP, Osceola, MO, April 21, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2023, 10:00 local time
- Place: Osceola, MO
- Airport: Sean D Sheldon Memorial Airfie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0186° N, 93.6932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEAN D SHELDON MEML AIRFIELD (23MU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0186&lon=-93.6932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39PB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39PB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gordon Robert F BUTTERCUP (registry code 056379R, https://openairdocs.org/model/gordon-robert-f-buttercup) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBERT F GORDON BUTTERCUP
- Reported engine: CORVAIR 120
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 761 total, 1 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230421007059I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER ENGINE OVERHAUL. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF, THE PILOT NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS NOT PERFORMING AS EXPECTED AND WITH ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE RISING, HE DECIDED TO LAND. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT 23MU, THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS A HIGH FOR THE APPROACH. HE ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THE LANDING AND REALIZED HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY, SO HE ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND. AFTER APPLYING FULL POWER, THE PILOT AGAIN BELIEVED THE ENGINE WAS NOT DEVELOPING EXPECTED POWER AND REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING TO CLEAR THE TREES BEYOND THE FIELD NORTH OF RUNWAY 36, SO HE CUT THE POWER AND MADE A HARD LANDING IN THE FIELD, WHICH RESULTED IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE LANDING GEAR.

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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