20140510005359A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Pazmany PL-4 · Yates City, IL · May 10, 2014

Date
May 10, 2014 · 12:19 local
Place
Yates City, IL
Airport
Tri-County
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N44PL
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN14LA235
Reported as
Pazmany PL-4
Reported engine
Volkswagen CONVERSION
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,263 total53 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot was in the airport traffic pattern descending to the Yates City, IL Tri-County Airport (2C6) and lost power about 300 feet AGL. The pilot made an emergency landing in a farm field northeast of the airport resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN DESCENDING TO THE YATES CITY, IL TRI-COUNTY AIRPORT (2C6) AND LOST POWER ABOUT 300 FEET AGL. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FARM FIELD NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.