# Incident 20160828015399I: Ruffell David Lewis RIDGE RUNNER MDL II, St Charles, MO, August 28, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Airport: Smart Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7957° N, 90.5154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Charles, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7957&lon=-90.5154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N851DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N851DR-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ruffell David Lewis RIDGE RUNNER MDL II (registry code 05614LK, https://openairdocs.org/model/ruffell-david-lewis-ridge-runner-mdl-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RUFFELL DAVID LEWIS RIDGE RUNNER MDL II
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL/TELEDYNE 4A084
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 140 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160828015399I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM SMART FIELD, ENGINE SPUTTERED MOMENTARILY AND LATER CONSEQUENTLY FAILED, PILOT COULD NOT MAKE IT BACK TO THE RUNWAY AND LANDED 1/2 MILE FROM RUNWAY 1/4 MILE INTO A BEAN FIELD.

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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