# Incident 20201228018919I: Andrew D Mechling SONEX, Purcellville, VA, December 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2020, 11:51 local time
- Place: Purcellville, VA
- Airport: Leesburg Executive
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0780° N, 77.5575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG EXEC (JYO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0780&lon=-77.5575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84WG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84WG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Andrew D Mechling SONEX (registry code 05632Y7, https://openairdocs.org/model/andrew-d-mechling-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Revmaster 2300 (registry code 52551, https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-2300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ANDREW D MECHLING SONEX
- Reported engine: REVMASTER 2300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 190 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201228018919I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/28/2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1151, A 2013 SONEX LANDED IN A FIELD IN LOUDON COUNTY VA AFTER EXPERIENCING VIBRATION IN THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM JYO AND WAS INTENDING TO LAND THERE AFTER THE FLIGHT. BASED ON THE AIRCRAFT LOCATION AT TIME THE VIBRATION FIRST OCCURRED THE PILOT DID NOT KNOW IF HE COULD MAKE IT OVER THE TERRAIN TO LAND BACK AT JYO. HE MADE THE DECISION TO FIND A FIELD SAFE ENOUGH TO LAND, AND LANDED THE PLANE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. 2-3 MINUTES PASSED FROM THE TIME OF INITIAL VIBRATION UNTIL THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN.

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