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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Steckler Stephen T STOL CH750 · Windfield, IA · October 24, 2018

Date: October 24, 2018 · 15:45 local
Place: Windfield, IA
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N368S
Reported as: Steckler Stephen T Stol CH750
Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 472 total374 in this make and model68 in the last 90 days

N368SRegistered now · Steckler Stephen T STOL CH750S/N 8711 · Built 2014 Airframe modelSteckler Stephen T STOL CH750 Engine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

In level cruise flight at 2200 MSL the engine experienced an abrupt total loss of power. The pilot did not attempt a restart. The propeller was feathered to reduce drag. The pilot landed the aircraft in a harvested field. Upon landing, damage was sustained to the nose landing gear, prop and spinner, and to the right wing. The aircraft came to rest on main landing gear and the bottom of the engine cowl.

As the FAA filed it

IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2200 MSL THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED AN ABRUPT TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT A RESTART. THE PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED TO REDUCE DRAG. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A HARVESTED FIELD. UPON LANDING, DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, PROP AND SPINNER, AND TO THE RIGHT WING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE COWL.