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A Puff Of Smoke Came Out From The Top Of The Engine Cowling Followed By A Total Loss Of Engine Power
On May 9, 2025, about 1020 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Just Aircraft Superstol, N128EL, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Evanston, Wyoming. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that shortly after departing runway 23 at the Evanston-Uinta County Burns Field (EVW), Evanston, Wyoming, and while in the crosswind leg of the traffic pattern about 250 ft above ground level, a puff of smoke came out from the top of the engine cowling followed by a total loss of engine power.&nb
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“From approximately November 2021 through January 2022, Britton-Harr, acting on behalf of AeroVanti, entered into lease-purchase agreements for five Piaggio-manufactured aircraft bearing Federal Aviation Administration tail numbers N2444Z, N290BC, NlllVR, Nl89LW, and Nl037W...”
Source: Part of the government's complaint against Patrick Britton-Harr, the founder of troubled private aviation company AeroVanti. He was recently indicted by the US Department of Justice on six counts of wire fraud tied to his now-infamous "Top Gun" membership program.
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