20250718009949I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Pipistrel D O O ALPHA TRAINER · Osceola, IA · July 18, 2025

Date
July 18, 2025 · 08:15 local
Place
Osceola, IA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N494LP
Reported as
Pipistrel D O O Alpha Trainer
Reported engine
ROTAX 912UL series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
515 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

In-flight engine failure led to forced landing in a bean field.

As the FAA filed it

IN-FLIGHT ENGINE FAILURE LED TO FORCED LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD.