# Incident 20190403002439I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Frankfort, IN, April 3, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2019, 08:31 local time
- Place: Frankfort, IN
- Airport: Frankfort Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CG9S
- Location: 40.2796° N, 86.5379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2796&lon=-86.5379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N584PU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N584PU-2020-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190403002439I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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