# Incident 20080110010659I: Alon A2, Springfield, IL, January 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2008, 15:09 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Abraham Lincoln Capital
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8446° N, 89.6776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL (SPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8446&lon=-89.6776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5690F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5690F-2018-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Alon A2 (registry code 0540102, https://openairdocs.org/model/alon-a2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ALON A2
- Reported engine: CONT C9016F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 700 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/20080110010659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE AND NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT OF N5690F, AN ERCO5 AIRCRAFT, ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM FARMINGTON, MO (KFAM) TO OLIVE BRANCH, MS (KOLV), ENCOUNTERED INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW CLOUDS AND VISIBILITY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE ST. LOUIS, MO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY (ATC) ON FREQUENCY 121.5 AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRMAN WAS VECTORED TOWARDS SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS AND CLIMBED TO BROKEN VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP BUT HE DECIDED TO REMAIN IN THE CLOUDS AND CONTINUE TOWARDS SPRINGFIELD, IL. SPRINGFIELD ATC VECTORED THE AIRMAN DOWN IN VFR CONDITIONS AND CLEARED HIM FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N5690F (2)

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

- [Accident 20160727011649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160727011649A), Jul 27, 2016: Alon A2 (N5690F), Alamosa, CO, Substantial damage. On 07/27/2016 at approximately 0715 hrs (MDT), N5690F, sn A-190, Alon aircoupe A-2 departed rwy 20 at Alamos-Las Arenas, CO., (2C02) private airstrip (runway…
- [Accident 19740611016319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740611016319A), Jun 11, 1974: Univar A2ALON (N5690F), WY, Substantial damage

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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