# Incident 20080601846899I: Aronca 65TL, Peoria, IL, June 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2008, 19:35 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Mount Hawley Auxiliary
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7958° N, 89.6135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNT HAWLEY AUXILIARY (3MY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7958&lon=-89.6135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31837, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31837) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-TL (registry code 0190908, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-tl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-145B series (registry code 41502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA 65TL
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080601846899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 1, 2008 A PILOT AND PASSENGER OF N31837, AN AERONCA 65-TL DEPARTED MT. HAWLEY AIRPORT (3MY)AT APPROXIMATELY 1935 LOCAL TIME ON RUNWAY 35 FOR A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. DURING CLIMB OUT, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AGL THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, CHECKED THE MAGNETOS AND PRIMER BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH AND NOT MAKE PROPER POWER. THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF 3MY. ON APPROACH TO THE FIELD THE ENGINE FAILED COMPLETELY AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL. THE PILOT LANDED NORTHBOUND IN THE FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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