# Incident 20021224035179I: Amtr RV6A, Mascoutah, IL, December 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2002, 19:20 local time
- Place: Mascoutah, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5181° N, 89.8000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mascoutah, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5181&lon=-89.8000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47TD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47TD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lewis Tim RV-6A (registry code 05605DQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/lewis-tim-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021224035179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND HIS FAMILY WERE ENROUTE TO SPRINGFIELD, MO FOR CHRISTMAS. HE RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING IN BLOOMINGTON, IL, BUT ACCORDING TO FSS PERSONNEL DID NOT RECEIVED THE VFR NOT RECOMMENDED STATEMENT. THE PILOT EXPLAINED THAT HE STARTED LOSING POWER AND BEGAN TO PICK UP ICE AT 4000' MSL AND REQUESTED A CLIMB TO 5000' MSL. UPON REACHING 5000' HE WAS STILL LOSING POWER AND TOLD ATC THAT HE WANTED VECTORS FOR THE CLOSEST AIRPORT WITH AN ILS. WHILE BEING VECTORED TO SCOTT AFB/MIDAMERICA AIRPORT, KBLV, HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ENOUGH POWER FOR FLIGHT AND LANDED IN A CORN FIELD ABOUT 3 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER LANDING SHOWED THE CARBURETOR AIR INLET WAS PACKED WITH SNOW AND AFTER CLEANING IT OUT, THE AIR FILTER WAS COVERED WITH AN ICE DAM THAT VARIED FROM ABOUT 2 1/2 INCHES WIDE AT THE BASE TO 1/2 INCH THICK AT THE TOP AND APPEARED TO GO AT LEAST HALFWAY AROUND THE FILTER. THERE WAS MIXED ICING ON LEADING EDGES OF BOTH WINGS, NUMEROUS ICICLES FORMED IN A REARWARD STREAMING DIRECTION IN SEVERAL PLACES, AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IN THE ENGINE INLETS WITH NUMEROUS ICICLES HANGING FROM THE INSIDE OF THE COWLING.

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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