# Incident 20080419832809I: Piper PA28181, Savoy, IL, April 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2008, 10:30 local time
- Place: Savoy, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: UC2S
- Location: 40.0591° N, 88.2545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savoy, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0591&lon=-88.2545&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4149T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4149T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080419832809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 19, 2008, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND INSTRUMENT STUDENT TOOK OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 10:35 AM FROM WILLARD AIRPORT ON AN IFR CLEARANCE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED ON CLIMB OUT "THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING A LITTLE ROUGH". THE CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THEY CONTINUED THE CLIMB AND REACHED 5000 FEET WHEN THEY NOTICED A VACUUM PUMP FAILURE AND A HIGHER THAN NORMAL OIL TEMPERATURE. THEY STARTED TO TURN BACK TO WILLARD AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED IN AND OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND BROKE OUT AT A 1000 FEET ABOVE GROUND. A DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT THEY COULD NOT REACH THE AIRPORT AND DECIDED TO LAND IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AND ROLLED TO A STOP WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N4149T (1)

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

- [Incident 20151017016779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151017016779I), Oct 17, 2015: Piper PA-28-181 (N4149T), Buckley, IL, No damage. A pilot called cmi approach "mayday mayday engine failure" and landed in a field approximately 42 miles north of cmi.

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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