# Incident 20111002023469I: Hatfield Lary ZENITH CH 640, Bloomington, IL, October 2, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2011, 08:48 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N199LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N199LH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hatfield Lary ZENITH CH 640 (registry code 05629TW, https://openairdocs.org/model/hatfield-lary-zenith-ch-640) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A-350-C1 (registry code 27042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-350-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HATFIELD LARY ZENITH CH 640
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A-350-C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 6 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111002023469I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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