# Incident 20020906025559I: Spartn 7W, Poplar Grove, IL, September 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: Poplar Grove, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3491° N, 88.8418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Poplar Grove, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3491&lon=-88.8418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17616, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17616-2020-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Spartan 7W (registry code 8430302, https://openairdocs.org/model/spartan-7w) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPARTN 7W
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020906025559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9-06-2002, N17616 OPERATED BY MR. KENNETH E. MORRIS DEPARTED POPLAR GROVE AIRPORT (C77) AND EXPERIENCED A VIBRATING ENGINE AT 1500 FT. AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SEIZED. MR. MORRIS ATTEMPTED TO MAKE C77 BUT WAS UNABLE TO AND LANDED IN A BEAN FIELD SOUTH OF C77. MR. MORRIS MADE A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING RESULTING IN NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY.

## Other reports on N17616 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070516006879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070516006879I), May 16, 2007: Spartn 7W (N17616), Columbus, MT, Minor damage. (-23) On may 16, 2007, at 1540 mountain daylight time, a spartan-7W aircraft, N17616, registered to redman company, LLC, landed with the landing gear up, I.e.…

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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