# Incident 20160709010909I: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, Stanchfield, MN, July 9, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2016, 18:54 local time
- Place: Stanchfield, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6632° N, 93.1817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stanchfield, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6632&lon=-93.1817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44874, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44874) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (registry code 6120202, https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680 (registry code 41540, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N3N-3
- Reported engine: LYCOMING R680-13
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 25,201 total, 65 in this make and model, 223 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160709010909I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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