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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Pietenpol · Williamston, MI · September 13, 1998

Date: September 13, 1998 · 08:35 local
Place: Williamston, MI
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N429CB
Reported as: Amtr Pietenpol
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 24,650 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5)At cruise aircraft N429CB engine began to malfunction. After 6-7 minutes, the engine stopped operating. The aircraft glided approximately 1 mile. The aircraft landed in a soy bean field in ingham county, Michigan. The aircraft flipped upside down after landing because the grag on the wheels caused by the soy bean plants. One pilot, one passenger; minor injury.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)AT CRUISE AIRCRAFT N429CB ENGINE BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. AFTER 6-7 MINUTES, THE ENGINE STOPPED OPERATING. THE AIRCRAFT GLIDED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A SOY BEAN FIELD IN INGHAM COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AFTER LANDING BECAUSE THE GRAG ON THE WHEELS CAUSED BY THE SOY BEAN PLANTS. ONE PILOT, ONE PASSENGER; MINOR INJURY.