# Incident 20181024020749I: Steckler Stephen T STOL CH750, Windfield, IA, October 24, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2018, 15:45 local time
- Place: Windfield, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N368S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N368S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Steckler Stephen T STOL CH750 (registry code 05633MW, https://openairdocs.org/model/steckler-stephen-t-stol-ch750) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STECKLER STEPHEN T STOL CH750
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 472 total, 374 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181024020749I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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