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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P-MENTOR · Creston, IA · May 11, 2026

Date
May 11, 2026 · 12:50 local
Place
Creston, IA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N314VV
Reported as
Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P-MENTOR
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ISC
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
44 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.

Severe vibration in cruise flight followed by drop in engine oil pressure then engine seized resulting in total loss of engine power. Pilot performed emergency landing in farm field. No injuries, no damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

SEVERE VIBRATION IN CRUISE FLIGHT FOLLOWED BY DROP IN ENGINE OIL PRESSURE THEN ENGINE SEIZED RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING IN FARM FIELD. NO INJURIES, NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.