# Incident 20200808008979I: Breezer Aircraft BREEZER, St. Francisvill, IL, August 8, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2020, 03:50 local time
- Place: St. Francisvill, IL
- Airport: Mount Carmel Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6065° N, 87.7267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNT CARMEL MUNI (AJG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6065&lon=-87.7267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N304WS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N304WS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Breezer BREEZER (registry code 060004U, https://openairdocs.org/model/breezer-breezer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BREEZER AIRCRAFT BREEZER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 40 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200808008979I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 15:50 CST ON AUGUST 8, 2020, N304WS, A BREEZER AIRCRAFT-BREEZER, EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A RURAL ROAD APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT CARMEL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (AJG) IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, IL.  THE PILOT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS INTO HIS FLIGHT, HE BEGAN TO DESCEND IN ORDER TO REFUEL HIS AIRCRAFT.  HE STATED THAT WHEN HE ENTERED A NOSE DOWN PITCH ATTITUDE TO DESCEND, THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH.  HE STATED THAT HE LEVELLED OFF HIS DESCENT AND THE ENGINE ROUGHNESS DISSIPATED.  HE STATED THAT HE STARTED HIS DESCENT AGAIN AND EVERY TIME HE ENTERED A NOSE LOW PITCH ATTITUDE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH.  IN HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO DESCEND, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF COMPLETELY.  HE STATED HE LEVELLED OFF AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE.  AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE, HE MAINTAINED LEVEL FLIGHT UNTIL HE FELT HE HAD TO ENTER A DESCENT AGAIN IN ORDER TO MAKE AN APPROACH FOR THE AIRPORT.  HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE HIS DESCENT WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AGAIN.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE THIS TIME AND MADE A JUDGEMENT THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO GLIDE TO AFG.  HE THEN MADE THE DECISION TO LAND ON A RURAL ROAD.  THE LANDING DID NOT RESULT IN ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD TESTED THE FUEL PRIOR TO DEPARTING FROM GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (GSP), AND FOUND WATER IN THAT SAMPLE.  HE STATED THAT HE STRAINED THE FUEL MULTIPLE TIMES UNTIL HE OBTAINED CONSECUTIVE CLEAN FUEL SAMPLES.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER HE LANDED ON THE RURAL ROAD HE OBTAINED A FUEL SAMPLE FROM THE FUEL TANK AND FOUND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE TANK.  HE DRAINED ALL OF THE WATER OUT OF THE FUEL TANK AND ADDED APPROXIMATELY 3 GALLONS OF AUTO GAS BEFORE DEPARTING THE RURAL ROAD AND LANDING AT AJG TO REST FOR THE EVENING.

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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