# Incident 20201119014949I: Pretzsch Robert F PRETZSCH 6-A, Pittsfield, IL, November 19, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2020, 19:59 local time
- Place: Pittsfield, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6005° N, 90.8101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6005&lon=-90.8101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N399BP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N399BP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pretzsch Robert F PRETZSCH 6-A (registry code 05610P4, https://openairdocs.org/model/pretzsch-robert-f-pretzsch-6-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PRETZSCH ROBERT F PRETZSCH 6-A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201119014949I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/19/2020 N399PB, A PRETZCH MODEL RV6A, SERIAL NUMBER 25209WAS ON APPROACH TO KPPQ(PITTSFILED PENSTONE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT) WHEN IT EXPEREINCED A ENGINE FAILURE, RESULTING IN LANDING ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH EAST OF THE AIRPORT(KPPQ).  N399PB LANDED IN A FIELD, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON IT TOP, DUE TO THE NOSE GEAR SINKING IN THE SOFT GROUND WITH MINOR DAMGE TO THE VERTICAL TAIL AND DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, AND THE PLEXIGLASS ON THE CANOPY CRACKED.  THERE WAS ONE PERSON(PILOT) ON BOARD AND THERE WAS NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

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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