# Incident 20101009049639I: Naval Aircr N3N-3, Maumee, OH, October 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2010, 14:05 local time
- Place: Maumee, OH
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5756° N, 83.6700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maumee, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5756&lon=-83.6700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N773N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N773N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (registry code 6120202, https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVAL AIRCR N3N-3
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R-760-8
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,075 total, 100 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101009049639I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT STARTED AT TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1320 LOCAL TIME ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2010. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES OF TAXI/IDLE TIME THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 25 AND DEPARTED THE PATERN TO THE SOUTH, CRUIING ALTITUDE WAS 1500 FEET MSL. AFTER APPROIMATELY 7 TO 10 MINUTES IN THE AIR, PILOT NOTICED A DIFFERENT SMELL (OIL), WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS OF THE SMELL, PILOT SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST AND IMMEDIATELY FELT A VIOLENT VIBRATION COMING FROM THE ENGINE. PILOT IMMEDIATELY TURNED BACK TOWARD TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT AND WITHIN 30 SECONDS LOST ALL POWER, THE PROP WOUND DOWN TO A COMPLETE STOP (NOT WINDMILLING). PILOT MADE AN UN-EVENTFULL LANDING IN A CUT SOYBEAN FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, CROPS OR AIRCRAFT. PILOT INFORMED TOWER BY RADIO WHILE AIRBORNE OF POWER LOSS AND BY CELL PHONE AFTER UN-PLANNED LANDING  THAT THEY WERE SAFELY ON THE GROUND AND THAT EMERGENCY CREWS WERE NOT NECESSARY. TOWER NOTIFIED SHERIFF AND OHIO STATE PATROL.

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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