# Incident 20250407003929I: Hoffman Steven James SONEX, Longmont, CO, April 7, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2025, 15:00 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1682° N, 105.1005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longmont, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1682&lon=-105.1005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N970SX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N970SX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hoffman Steven James SONEX (registry code 05641Y6, https://openairdocs.org/model/hoffman-steven-james-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOFFMAN STEVEN JAMES SONEX
- Reported engine: AEROVEE 2.1 TURBO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 40 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250407003929I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WAS NOTICED AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT STATED HE CONFIGURED FOR LANDING AND ENGINE QUIT A FEW HUNDRED FEET AGL. VIEWED AIRCRAFT AT LMO HANGAR OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. WINGS WERE REMOVED AT THE TIME OF OBSERVATION FROM RELOCATION OF AIRCRAFT FROM FIELD OF UNINTENDED LANDING. OBSERVED LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT BENT TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE. UPON REMOVAL OF THE ENGINE COWL BY OWNER, THE OIL PLUG WAS OBSERVED ON THE GROUND. ENGINE WAS MISSING THE OIL PLUG. LOWER UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS COVERED IN OIL. OIL PLUG DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE SAFETIED.

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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