# Incident 20200804013419I: Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER, Centralia, IL, August 4, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2020, 18:15 local time
- Place: Centralia, IL
- Airport: Centralia Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5151° N, 89.0911° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRALIA MUNI (ENL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5151&lon=-89.0911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N697SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N697SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Sport Aircraft A S SPORTCRUISER (registry code 0600066, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-aircraft-a-s-sportcruiser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT A S SPORTCRUISER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- 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/20200804013419I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 4, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1815 LOCAL TIME, N697SC, A CZECH SPORT SPORTCRUISER, EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE WHICH LED TO A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.  THE ENGINE ROUGHNESS AND PARTIAL POWER LOSS OCCURRED SIMULTANEOUSLY AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET ABOVE GROUND DURING CLIMB OUT FROM A TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 36 AT CENTRALIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO LEVEL HIS ALTITUDE BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE DUE TO THE PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO ATTEMPT A RETURN TO THE AIRPORT SO HE DECIDED TO LAND IN A SOYBEAN FIELD OFF OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 36.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE SOYBEAN FIELD AND DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY DAMAGE FROM THE LANDING.

## Other reports on N697SC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20170726015319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170726015319I), Jul 26, 2017: Czech Sport Aircraft SPORTCRUISER (N697SC), Glendale, AZ, Minor damage. This aircraft was reported to have a nose gear sheared off at Glendale airport.

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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