# Incident 20250927014439I: Riehl Marvin H AVID FLYER, Newman Lake, WA, September 27, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2025, 13:55 local time
- Place: Newman Lake, WA
- Airport: Ellerport Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7349° N, 117.0713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLERPORT (WN54), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7349&lon=-117.0713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81721, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81721) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Riehl Marvin H AVID FLYER (registry code 05616LB, https://openairdocs.org/model/riehl-marvin-h-avid-flyer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RIEHL MARVIN H AVID FLYER
- Reported engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 23,292 total, 1 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250927014439I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN FLEW FROM KDEW (DEER PARK, WA) TO WN54 (ELLERPORT AIRPORT-NEWMAN LAKE, WA) FOR AN APPROXIMATE 20 MINUTE FLIGHT.  PRIOR TO FLIGHT, THE PIC CHECKED THE FUEL, NOTING THAT IT WAS NOT FULL.  AFTER A FLIGHT OVER THE FIELD, TO DETERMINE WIND, THE PIC FLEW LEFT TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 19.  UPON TURNING BASE, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE MOVEMENTS.  THE PILOT LANDED OFF AIRPORT IN A FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT FLEW THRU ONE FENCE, AND STOPPED ON ANOTHER BARB-WIRE FENCE/STEEL POSTS.  MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE INCLUDE: PUNCTURED METAL FROM UNDER THE FLOOR ON PAX-SIDE NEAR GEAR ASSEMBLY, A FEW AREAS OF TORN FABRIC, PAINT SCRAPING ON LANDING GEAR STRUTS, RT AILERON TIP DAMAGE, AND TORN FABRIC UNDER LEFT WING.  MINIMAL FUEL WAS LOCATED ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT, MOST LIKELY UNUSABLE FUEL.  LOSS OF POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

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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