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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Hatfield Lary ZENITH CH 640 · Bloomington, IL · October 2, 2011

Date
October 2, 2011 · 08:48 local
Place
Bloomington, IL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N199LH
Reported as
Hatfield Lary Zenith CH 640
Reported engine
Franklin 6A-350-C1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,150 total6 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft at cruise at 2000' heading back to bmi following 1.5 hour local flight. Engine sputtered, vibrated, lost power and oil pressure then seized. Pilot made uneventfull landing in corn field just north of bmi.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT AT CRUISE AT 2000' HEADING BACK TO BMI FOLLOWING 1.5 HOUR LOCAL FLIGHT. ENGINE SPUTTERED, VIBRATED, LOST POWER AND OIL PRESSURE THEN SEIZED. PILOT MADE UNEVENTFULL LANDING IN CORN FIELD JUST NORTH OF BMI.