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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus SR20 · Round Lake Heig, IL · January 8, 2000

Date: January 8, 2000 · 16:40 local
Place: Round Lake Heig, IL
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5841
Reported as: Cirrus SR20
Reported engine: Continental IO360E
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N5841Registration cancelled Apr 1, 2009 · Cirrus Design SR20S/N 1008 · Built 1999 Airframe modelCirrus Design SR20 Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

At 2500 ft MSL engine lost power, however, the propeller continued to rotate without any roughness. Using the checklist, the pilot attempting to restart the engine without success. A forced landing was made in a plowed field. During the landing, the left wing tip contacted the ground. The pilot tube and the navigation light assembly located on the wingtip departed the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AT 2500 FT MSL ENGINE LOST POWER, HOWEVER, THE PROPELLER CONTINUED TO ROTATE WITHOUT ANY ROUGHNESS. USING THE CHECKLIST, THE PILOT ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE WITHOUT SUCCESS. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A PLOWED FIELD. DURING THE LANDING, THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE PILOT TUBE AND THE NAVIGATION LIGHT ASSEMBLY LOCATED ON THE WINGTIP DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.