# Incident 19970520017549I: Amtr RANSS10, Greenfield, IN, May 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1997, 17:30 local time
- Place: Greenfield, IN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7933° N, 85.7725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenfield, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7933&lon=-85.7725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21856, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21856) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chase Robert P RANS S-10 (registry code 05616WK, https://openairdocs.org/model/chase-robert-p-rans-s-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RANSS10
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 701 total, 127 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970520017549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 20, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM EST, MR. KEVIN WOOLDRIDGE, CERTIFICATE #307827410, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE FLYING N21856, AN EXPERIMENTAL RANDS S10 AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS OPERATING AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 2500 FEET AND ELECTED TO LAND IN A CULTIVATED FIELD. HE LANDED SAFELY WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOR INJURY TO HIMSELF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED BY FLAT BED TO MT. COMFORT AIRPORT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. OWNER OF AIRCRAFT STATED IN A PHONE INTERVIEW THAT THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE (ROTEX) IS SUBJECT TO FUEL VAPOR LOCK. HE STATED THAT THE PILOT, A FRIEND, HAD PERFORMED HIS EMERGENCY LANDING WELL. AIRCRAFT WAS RETRIEVED AND RETURNED TO MT. COMFORT AIRPORT WHERE WITH MINOR CARBURATOR ADJUSTMENT, THE ENGINE WAS RE-STARTED.

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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