# Incident 20160729011749I: Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft LLC J230-SP, Plainfield, WI, July 29, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2016, 13:41 local time
- Place: Plainfield, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2175° N, 89.4969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainfield, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2175&lon=-89.4969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51514 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: JABIRU USA SPORT AIRCRAFT LLC J230-SP
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 222 total, 176 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160729011749I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 29, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:55 CDT A JABIRU J230-SP, N51514, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PLOWED FARM FIELD IN PLAINFIELD, WI, FOLLOWING A POWER LOSS.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY A SPORT PILOT ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM KISW WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF KOSH.  APPROXIMATELY 13 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE FROM KISW WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION AND A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN ENGINE POWER.  THE PILOT USED FOREFLIGHT TO DETERMINE THAT THE CLOSEST AIRPORT WAS WN09 WHICH IS A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO VISUALLY LOCATE WN09 AND ELECTED TO LAND IN AN ADJACENT PLOWED FIELD.  PRIOR TO BASE LEG, THE ENGINE SEIZED.

AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE DRAG FROM THE DIRT SURFACE CAUSED ABRUPT DECELERATION, RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.  THE NOSE GEAR STEEL STRUCTURE AND FORK, PROPELLER, AND WHEEL PANTS WERE DAMAGED.  THE SPORT PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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