# Incident 20110114000309I: Wheeler L/H ZENAIR 601H, Mt Comfort, IN, January 14, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2011, 16:30 local time
- Place: Mt Comfort, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8309° N, 85.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Comfort, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8309&lon=-85.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N601LH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wheeler L/Hutchinson D ZENAIR 601HD (registry code 05628UO, https://openairdocs.org/model/wheeler-l-hutchinson-d-zenair-601hd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WHEELER L/H ZENAIR 601H
- Reported engine: SUBARU EA-81
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 304 total, 125 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110114000309I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MT. COMFORT AIRPORT (KMQJ) CLIMBING TO 3000MSL. AFTER FLYING MANUEVERS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES PILOT HEARD THE ENGINE REV AND IMMEDIATELY CHOPPED POWER.  TRIED TO INCREASE POWER AGAIN TO MAINTAIN PROP SPEED AND ALTITUDE AND HE SMELLED BURNING RUBBER SO HE STATED HE KNEW THE REDRIVE BELT COGS HAD SEPERATED AND CHOPPED POWER AGAIN.  PILOT THEN INITIATED A POWER OFF LANDING IN A NEARBY SNOW COVERED CORN FIELD.  PILOT TURNED OFF THE ENGINE APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND TO STOP PROP ROTATION AND PREVENT PROP/ENGINE DAMAGE.  PILOT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY IN A CUT CORN FIELD.

## Other reports on N601LH (1)

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

- [Incident 20100318029789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100318029789I), Mar 18, 2010: Wheeler L/H ZENAIR 601H (N601LH), Greenfield, IN, Minor damage. The aircraft departed the left side of runway 25 during the landing rollout. The pilot in the right seat landed the aircraft but brakes are not installed on…

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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