# Incident 20111028025789I: Sparks Burrell G SA6B FLUT-R-BUG, Terre Haute, IN, October 28, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2011, 18:00 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4667° N, 87.4139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Terre Haute, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4667&lon=-87.4139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10BM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10BM-2025-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sparks Burrell G SA6B FLUT-R-BUG (registry code 8651207, https://openairdocs.org/model/sparks-burrell-g-sa6b-flut-r-bug) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SPARKS BURRELL G SA6B FLUT-R-BUG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 75 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111028025789I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 28, 2011 AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING NEAR THE TERRE HAUTE VOR STATION LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE TERRE HAUTE, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT, A FLUT-R-BUG WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER N10BM, WAS BEING OPERATED AS A LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT WHEN IT EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEMS WHILE TRYING TO LAND AT THE TERRE HAUTE, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.THE PILOT STATED THAT ANYTIME HE RAISED THE NOSE THE ENGINE WOULD SPUTTER AS IF IT WAS EXPERIENCING FUEL STARVATION. HE REPORTS HAVING OVER FIVE GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR OF FLYING TIME.WITH UNSUITABLE TERRAIN BETWEEN HIS LOCATION AND THE RUNWAY, HE CONTACTED THE TERRE HAUTE CONTROL TOWER AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING, IN A FARM FIELD, APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIELD USING THE GRAVEL ROAD TO THE VOR. THUS THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANY PROPERTY WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED.THE REASON FOR THE ENGINE ROUGHNESS WAS FOUND TO BE DEBRIS IN THE CARBURETOR.

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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