# Incident 20210815016729I: Pzl-Mielec AN-2, Richmond, VT, August 15, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2021, 14:00 local time
- Place: Richmond, VT
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4057° N, 73.0015° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4057&lon=-73.0015&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69AN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69AN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pzl-Mielec AN-2 (registry code 9820200, https://openairdocs.org/model/pzl-mielec-an-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PZL-MIELEC AN-2
- Reported engine: PZL-MIELEC ASH-621R
- 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/20210815016729I

## Narrative

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

FROM PILOT STATEMENT - WAS FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4500 FEET WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND PRODUCED SMOKE BUT CONTINUED RUNNING. THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS DROPPING AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO  LAND THE AIRPLANE IN AN OPEN FIELD ADJACENT TO I89, 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BTV. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT DAMAGE OR INJURY TO OCCUPANTS.

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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