20020720021629I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 8KCAB · Middletown, OH · July 20, 2002

Date: July 20, 2002 · 12:08 local
Place: Middletown, OH
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4134Y
Reported as: Bbavia 8KCAB
Reported engine: Lycoming AEIO360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,051 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N4134YRegistered now · Bellanca 8KCABS/N 278-76 Airframe modelBellanca 8KCAB

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On July 20, 2002 at 1208 EST, a Bellanca 8KCAB, N4134Y, registered to steven d. pollak performed a forced landing in a farm field in butler county, Ohio while on a pleasure flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed with calm winds. No flight plan was filed. The aircraft developed engine problems approximately 5 minutes after take-off from lebanon warren county airport enroute to hamilton county airport (approx. 16 NM). The pilot/owner circled a farm field while trying to correct the engine problem by adjusting the mixture/fuel pump but the engine quit. The aircraft landed in the farm field and hit a 30 inch high metal fence at the end of the field. The aircraft flipped up on its nose and hit the left wingtip on the ground. Aircraft sustained minor damage to: one prop blade, engine cowling, left wing tip, both wheel pants. No injuries were sustained by the pilot (a certified flight instructor).

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 20, 2002 AT 1208 EST, A BELLANCA 8KCAB, N4134Y, REGISTERED TO STEVEN D. POLLAK PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING IN A FARM FIELD IN BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH CALM WINDS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ENGINE PROBLEMS APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM LEBANON WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT ENROUTE TO HAMILTON COUNTY AIRPORT (APPROX. 16 NM). THE PILOT/OWNER CIRCLED A FARM FIELD WHILE TRYING TO CORRECT THE ENGINE PROBLEM BY ADJUSTING THE MIXTURE/FUEL PUMP BUT THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE FARM FIELD AND HIT A 30 INCH HIGH METAL FENCE AT THE END OF THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE AND HIT THE LEFT WINGTIP ON THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO: ONE PROP BLADE, ENGINE COWLING, LEFT WING TIP, BOTH WHEEL PANTS. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT (A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR).