# Incident 20090603008489I: Amtr SONEX, Willmar, MN, June 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2009, 18:50 local time
- Place: Willmar, MN
- Airport: Willmar Municipal-John L Rice Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1170° N, 95.1293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLMAR MUNI/JOHN L RICE FLD (BDH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1170&lon=-95.1293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3677F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3677F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lambing John C SONEX (registry code 05625I1, https://openairdocs.org/model/lambing-john-c-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aeroconver AEROVEE (registry code 01401, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeroconver-aerovee) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONEX
- Reported engine: AEROVEE2180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 10 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090603008489I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT DEPARTED WILMAR AIRPORT ON AN EVENING FLIGHT IN HIS EXPERIMENTAL SONEX AIRCRAFT.  WHILE FLYING SE OF THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE SUDDENLY QUIT.  PRIOR TO FAILURE ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS APPEARED NORMAL.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT IT WAS RUNNING ROUGHLY AND REMAINED RUNNING ONLY IF PILOT VIGOUROUSLY PUMPED THROTTLE.  PILOT DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT REACH THE AIRPORT ABOUT 2.5 MILES AWAY SO HE CHOSE AN APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA LANDING INTO THE WIND ON A DRY CORN FIELD.  THE LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL AND HE CAME TO A FULL STOP WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N3677F (1)

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

- [Incident 20170404003369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170404003369I), Apr 4, 2017: Lambing John C SONEX (N3677F), Willmar, MN, Minor damage. Pilot was performing pattern operations at Willmar municipal airport Minnesota. When winds shifted and became gusty, pilot elected to full stop landing and…

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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