# Incident 20000811024569I: Meyers OTW145, Mazon, IL, August 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2000, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mazon, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2415° N, 88.4231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mazon, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2415&lon=-88.4231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34339, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34339) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Meyers OTW-145 (registry code 5650206, https://openairdocs.org/model/meyers-otw-145) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Warner SS40&50 (registry code 64503, https://openairdocs.org/engine/warner-ss40-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MEYERS OTW145
- Reported engine: WARNER SCARAB40
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,300 total, 16,300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000811024569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC^PRIVACY DATA^AND WIFE WERE ENROUTE TO URBANA, IL. WHEN ENGINE LOST POWER AND EVENTUALLY SEIZED AND SHUTDOWN. PIC^PRIVACY ^LANDED A/C IN A CORNFIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES, ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO A/C.

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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