# Incident 20070929832409I: Willia SONEX, Rochester, IN, September 29, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2007, 12:35 local time
- Place: Rochester, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0604° N, 86.1983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0604&lon=-86.1983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732SX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732SX-2018-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Williams Christopher T SONEX (registry code 05623XA, https://openairdocs.org/model/williams-christopher-t-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aerovee 2180 (registry code 01400, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aerovee-2180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WILLIA SONEX
- Reported engine: AEROVEE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070929832409I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST ENGINE POWER IN CRUISE FLIGHT APPROX 12 MILES W. OF ROCHESTER, IN. AIRPORT.  PIC MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN CORN FIELD.  NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO PIC.  PIC STATED THAT HE INSPECTED ENGINE AND DETERMINED THAT CRANKSHAFT HAD FAILED IN ENGINE.  TOTAL ENGINE HOURS WERE ONLY 52 SINCE NEW.092907.

## Other reports on N732SX (1)

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

- [Accident 20140217001749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140217001749A), Feb 17, 2014: Williams Christopher T SONEX (N732SX), Wellington, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. [privacy data omitted] Was working on the engine the aircraft the morning of the accident. He was changing spark plugs. It was said that a helicoil came out…

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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