# Incident 19981213039639I: Gulstm AA5B, Winamac, IN, December 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1998, 09:25 local time
- Place: Winamac, IN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0535° N, 86.6037° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winamac, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0535&lon=-86.6037&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28590, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28590) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM AA5B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 250 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981213039639I

## Narrative

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

(-5)AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO GREENWOOD, INDIANA, WHEN ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND VIBRATE.  PILOT WAS ON FLIGHT FOLLOWING WITH SBN APPROACH AN ADVISED SBN OF PROBLEM WITH ENGINE.  SBN ADVISED PILOT OF WINAMAC AIRPORT (RWN) LOCATION.  PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AT REMOTE CONTROL FIELD NEAR WINAMAC AIRPORT WHICH IS USED FOR REMOTE CONTROL MODEL R/C AIRPLANES.  PILOT STATED THE THE REMOTE CONTROL FIELD HAD A 800 FOOT PAVED HARD SURFACE RUNWAY.  PILOT STATED THE THEIR WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, OR INJUIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS.  AFTER LANDING, INVESTIGATION BY PILOT REVELED THAT THE EXHAUST VALVE IN THE NUMBER 3 CYCLINDER BROKE OFF.

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