# Incident 20150914015699I: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5, Rensselaer, IN, September 14, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2015, 11:00 local time
- Place: Rensselaer, IN
- Airport: Krzl
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9505° N, 87.1533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rensselaer, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9505&lon=-87.1533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N960RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N960RS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5 (registry code 3960104, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150914015699I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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