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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Michael Foor/William Greenhaw STOLP SA300 STARDSTR · Red Boiling Spr, TN · June 3, 2026

Date
June 3, 2026 · 15:43 local
Place
Red Boiling Spr, TN
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N565MF
Reported as
Michael Foor/William Greenhaw Stolp SA300 Stardstr
Reported engine
Lycoming GO-480-B1A6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 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.

After departure during enroute phase of flight, pilot experienced an engine malfunction that started as a rough running engine approximately 25 minutes after takeoff. Pilot attempted to return to departure airport but lost engine power/thrust after completion of 180 degree turn to return to airport and was forced to land in a field.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER DEPARTURE DURING ENROUTE PHASE OF FLIGHT, PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION THAT STARTED AS A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT BUT LOST ENGINE POWER/THRUST AFTER COMPLETION OF 180 DEGREE TURN TO RETURN TO AIRPORT AND WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A FIELD.