# Incident 20000304022309I: Amtr SONERAI2L, S Whitley, IN, March 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2000, 17:00 local time
- Place: S Whitley, IN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0840° N, 85.6247° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Whitley, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0840&lon=-85.6247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22MH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22MH-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vila William C JR SONERAI 2L (registry code 056598T, https://openairdocs.org/model/vila-william-c-jr-sonerai-2l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONERAI2L
- Reported engine: AMTRVW VW2180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 330 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000304022309I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED THAT ENGINE OVER HEATED WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD 20 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.  NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

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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