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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR20 · Frankfort, IN · April 3, 2019

Date: April 3, 2019 · 08:31 local
Place: Frankfort, IN
Airport: Frankfort Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: CG9S
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N584PU
Reported as: Cirrus Design SR20
Reported engine: Continental IO-360-ES
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N584PURegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2020 · Cirrus Design SR20S/N 2044 · Built 2010 Airframe modelCirrus Design SR20 Engine modelContinental IO-360-ESReciprocating

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What happened

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

The student and instructor were on a training flight from purdue university airport (klaf) to marion municipal airport (kmzz). Enroute the engine began to run rough. The instructor decided to return to klaf. They were experiencing power and altitude loss. Believing that they would not be able to return to klaf the instructor decided to divert to Frankfort Municipal Airport (kfrk), which was closer. Not having sufficient power and altitude to reach kfrk the instructor decided to land the aircraft in a field. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT (KLAF) TO MARION MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KMZZ). ENROUTE THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO RETURN TO KLAF. THEY WERE EXPERIENCING POWER AND ALTITUDE LOSS. BELIEVING THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN TO KLAF THE INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO DIVERT TO FRANKFORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KFRK), WHICH WAS CLOSER. NOT HAVING SUFFICIENT POWER AND ALTITUDE TO REACH KFRK THE INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR.