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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Sheridan, IL · June 30, 2012

Date: June 30, 2012 · 21:46 local
Place: Sheridan, IL
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: NONE
Reported engine: ROTAX 582
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total300 in this make and model70 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.

The pilot reported that during cruise the aircraft engine failed to produce enough power for the aircraft to remain in the air. The pilot landed the aircraft in a soybean field, and it flipped up on its nose. Neither occupant was injured. Aircraft was an unregistered airplane and did not have an airworthiness certificate. Pilot did not hold a pilot certificate or medical certificate.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE FAILED TO PRODUCE ENOUGH POWER FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO REMAIN IN THE AIR. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A SOYBEAN FIELD, AND IT FLIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE. NEITHER OCCUPANT WAS INJURED. AIRCRAFT WAS AN UNREGISTERED AIRPLANE AND DID NOT HAVE AN AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE. PILOT DID NOT HOLD A PILOT CERTIFICATE OR MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.