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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Grumman American Avn. AA-5 · Rensselaer, IN · September 14, 2015

Date: September 14, 2015 · 11:00 local
Place: Rensselaer, IN
Airport: Krzl
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N960RS
Reported as: Grumman American Avn. AA-5
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 total200 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N960RSRegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5S/N AA5-0807 · Built 1975 Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

N960RS was on a visual flight rules (VFR) flight from flying cloud airport, Minnesota (kfcm) to jasper county airport, Indiana (Krzl) for its annual inspection. Approximately 15 miles from Krzl the engine sputtered and the pilot in command privacy data omitted switched the fuel tanks and the engine resumed. Then about 5 miles from Krzl the engine sputtered again, and privacy data omitted chose to make an emergency landing in a bean field. No damage to aircraft and no injuries.

Annual inspection discover metal fatigue with fuel leak in the tank. Repaired and returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

N960RS WAS ON A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT FROM FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT, MINNESOTA (KFCM) TO JASPER COUNTY AIRPORT, INDIANA (KRZL) FOR ITS ANNUAL INSPECTION. APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES FROM KRZL THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SWITCHED THE FUEL TANKS AND THE ENGINE RESUMED. THEN ABOUT 5 MILES FROM KRZL THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AGAIN, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHOSE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.

ANNUAL INSPECTION DISCOVER METAL FATIGUE WITH FUEL LEAK IN THE TANK. REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.