# Incident 20101021048029I: Piper PA-28-181, Pesotum, IL, October 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2010, 17:58 local time
- Place: Pesotum, IL
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: UC2S
- Location: 39.9112° N, 88.2769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pesotum, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9112&lon=-88.2769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41487, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41487) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 48 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101021048029I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT RETURNING TO THE CMI AIRPORT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 8 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE STOPPED FUNCTIONING . THE AIRMAN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND STARTED TO COMPLETE THE ENGINE FAILURE CHECKLIST, THE ENGINE MOMENTARILY RESTARTED THEN STOPPED. AT THIS POINT THE AIRMAN CONCENTRATED ON MAKING AN EMEGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD. AFTER LANDING THE AIRMAN REALIZED HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO SWITCH THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR TO THE FULLEST FUEL TANK DURING THE FLIGHT AND WHILE COMPLETING THE ENGINE FAILURE CHECK LIST. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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