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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 · Stanchfield, MN · July 9, 2016

Date: July 9, 2016 · 18:54 local
Place: Stanchfield, MN
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N44874
Reported as: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
Reported engine: Lycoming R680-13
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,201 total65 in this make and model223 in the last 90 days

N44874Registered now · Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3S/N 3033 · Built 1941 Airframe modelNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Engine modelLycoming R680Reciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was enroute to home airport at 2000 feet when the aircraft engine experienced a bang followed by partial loss of power. Subsequently, smoke was emanating from the exhaust and oil coming from the engine compartment. Pilot set up for an emergency landing in a field. During the turn to final the engine seized. Aircraft travelled through the field and was launched over a road when it hit a berm next to the road. It landed on the other side of the road and came to rest on the side of a hill. The gear collapsed when the aircraft came to a stop. The pilot and passenger exited the aircraft with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO HOME AIRPORT AT 2000 FEET WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A BANG FOLLOWED BY PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. SUBSEQUENTLY, SMOKE WAS EMANATING FROM THE EXHAUST AND OIL COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PILOT SET UP FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. DURING THE TURN TO FINAL THE ENGINE SEIZED. AIRCRAFT TRAVELLED THROUGH THE FIELD AND WAS LAUNCHED OVER A ROAD WHEN IT HIT A BERM NEXT TO THE ROAD. IT LANDED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CAME TO REST ON THE SIDE OF A HILL. THE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.