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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Schroeder Derek D CHALLENGER 1 CWS · Cordova, NE · May 31, 2025

Date
May 31, 2025 · 13:00 local
Place
Cordova, NE
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N553FT
Reported as
Schroeder Derek D Challenger 1 CWS
Reported engine
ROTAX 503 DCDI
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
437 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 pilot was in cruise flight when the acft engine seized and lost all power. The pilot radioed mayday and performed an emergency landing in a field a half mile east of cordov, NE.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE ACFT ENGINE SEIZED AND LOST ALL POWER. THE PILOT RADIOED MAYDAY AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD A HALF MILE EAST OF CORDOV, NE.