# Incident 20010704035059I: Aronca 65TAF, Peru, IL, July 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2001, 09:15 local time
- Place: Peru, IL
- Airport: Illinois Valley Regional/Walter A
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3569° N, 89.1389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peru, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3569&lon=-89.1389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36817, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36817-2020-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-TAF (registry code 0190914, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-taf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 4AC176B series (registry code 27006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac176b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA 65TAF
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 75 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010704035059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT CRUISE, 2000 FT, 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT FELT A VIBRATION THROUGH THE RUDDER PEDALS THAT HE ASSOCIATED WITH A MISSFIRE IN THE ENGINE. AS THE FLIGHT PROGRESSED AN OIL MIST APPEARED ON THE WINDSCREEN. THE PILOT LOCATED THE NEAREST AIRPORT, BUT DURING THE APPROACH THE POWER BEGAN TO FAIL. DUE TO POWER LINES NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT OPTED FOR A FULL STALL LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD, 1/4 MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

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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