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| Date: | Friday 14 April 2017 |
| Time: | 13:13 |
| Type: |  Van's RV-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Lane Community College |
| Registration: | N234VA |
| MSN: | 12008 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1033 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Mahlon Sweet Field Airport (KEUG), Eugene, OR -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | KEUG |
| KEUG | |
| Investigating agency: | FAA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Following a loss of oil pressure, the RV-12, performed a precautionary landing to major roadway terrain northeast of Mahlon Sweet Field Airport (KEUG). The aircraft was not damaged and the pilot was not injured.
Sources:
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oregon/articles/2017-04-14/single-engine-plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-highway
http://web.archive.org/web/20170825013935/http://kval.com:80/news/local/small-plane-lands-on-hwy-99
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N234VA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N234VA
https://www.vansaircraft.com/public/rv12.htm
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2017 00:53 | Geno | Added |
| 15-Apr-2017 01:00 | Geno | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Apr-2017 13:39 | junior sjc | Updated [Source, ] |
| 15-Apr-2017 14:38 | junior sjc | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2017 17:48 | junior sjc | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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