20230527010889A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hollars Joseph CHALLENGER II · Doniphan, MO · May 27, 2023

Date
May 27, 2023 · 18:16 local
Place
Doniphan, MO
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N265JW
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN23LA221
Reported as
Hollars Joseph Challenger II
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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 aircraft lost engine power while enroute. The privacy data omittedpilot elected to land in a field rather than trying to cross an approaching hilltop. During the landing rollout the aircraft came to a stop in a fence where it sustained damage to the nose, windshield, and two wing struts. The privacy data omittedpilot dissassembled and recovered the aircraft prior to FAA invovlement. The privacy data omittedpilot assumes the engine power loss was due to debris contamination in the fuel tank, which was discarded prior to FAA investigation.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE ENROUTE. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD RATHER THAN TRYING TO CROSS AN APPROACHING HILLTOP. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN A FENCE WHERE IT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE, WINDSHIELD, AND TWO WING STRUTS. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT DISSASSEMBLED AND RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO FAA INVOVLEMENT. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT ASSUMES THE ENGINE POWER LOSS WAS DUE TO DEBRIS CONTAMINATION IN THE FUEL TANK, WHICH WAS DISCARDED PRIOR TO FAA INVESTIGATION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.