A swearingen SX300's engine failed about a mile from an airport while flying formation. The flight l...

Attributes
ACN	951664
Time
Date	201105
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 81.9 Flight Crew Total 2696.4 Flight Crew Type 1265.3
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

I was in formation with five other aircraft when at an altitude of 1;000 ft I had an engine failure. I was about one and one half miles from runway 7L. I had very little power and declared an emergency on our flight frequency. The flight leader relayed the information to the tower and told them they had an aircraft that was making an emergency landing at the closest runway. I just had enough time and altitude to get my gear down and make it to a safe landing on runway 7L. This runway was closed to traffic for repaving. It was on a day where no equipment or personal was working on the runway. No damaged was done to the aircraft on landing and I rolled to a stop off of the runway onto the taxi way. From the time of engine failure to wheels stop was about one minute.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Swearingen SX300's engine failed about a mile from an airport while flying formation. The Flight Leader declared an emergency for him as he prepared for a safe landing on a closed runway.

Narrative: I was in formation with five other aircraft when at an altitude of 1;000 FT I had an engine failure. I was about one and one half miles from Runway 7L. I had very little power and declared an emergency on our flight frequency. The Flight Leader relayed the information to the Tower and told them they had an aircraft that was making an emergency landing at the closest runway. I just had enough time and altitude to get my gear down and make it to a safe landing on Runway 7L. This runway was closed to traffic for repaving. It was on a day where no equipment or personal was working on the runway. No damaged was done to the aircraft on landing and I rolled to a stop off of the runway onto the taxi way. From the time of engine failure to wheels stop was about one minute.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A swearingen SX300's engine failed about a mile from an airport while flying formation. The flight leader declared an emergency for him as he prepared for a safe landing on a closed runway.