# Incident 20090111001519I: Nord 1101, Sparta, IL, January 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2009, 12:00 local time
- Place: Sparta, IL
- Airport: Sparta Community-Hunter Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1489° N, 89.6985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPARTA COMMUNITY-HUNTER FLD (SAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1489&lon=-89.6985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nord 1101 (registry code 6380108, https://openairdocs.org/model/nord-1101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Renault 6Q10A (registry code 52500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/renault-6q10a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORD 1101
- Reported engine: RENAUL 6Q10A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 220 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090111001519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A CRANKSHAFT FAILURE WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 18 AT SPARTA, IL, CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

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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