A PA-28-151 was descending through 2;500 ft; 7 miles from his airport on a visual approach when the ...

Narrative:

This all began during descent for landing. It was during this time that the aircraft engine began to run rough; the engine was barely producing power to maintain altitude. Immediately; I went through the emergency procedures checklist. By the time the checklist was completed; the aircraft engine was no longer producing adequate power to maintain altitude. I began looking for a suitable landing site. This site was found in the form of a large field (which was at least 2;500 feet long) that was slightly ahead of my current position on my south side. At this time; I was at approximately 1;800 feet. I began to descend to my chosen landing site. I set up for approach and prepared for an off airport landing. While lined up on my chosen landing field; and fully committed to landing the aircraft; the engine resumed normal operations. This resume in power occurred at approximately 300 feet MSL. I immediately closed the throttle as I was un-trusting of how long the return in engine power would last. I continued my approach and made a soft field landing on the grassy terrain. As soon as I was on the ground and confident in terrain solidity; I applied the brakes and brought the aircraft to a stop. Once the aircraft had come to a stop; I shut down the engine and tried to raise ZZZ tower. I was unable to reach them by radio; so I powered down the aircraft and climbed out along with my passenger. I confirmed that both my passenger and I had received no injuries of any kind. Now that the injury check was complete; I began to try and reach ZZZ tower via cell phone. While attempting to reach the tower; I inspected the aircraft and determined that no structural damage had taken place. Approximately 15 minutes after getting out of the aircraft; I made contact with the tower on my cell phone and reported to them that I; my passenger and my aircraft were all safe and without injury/damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA-28-151 was descending through 2;500 FT; 7 miles from his airport on a visual approach when the engine began running rough so he picked a landing site. During final approach at about 300 FT power restored but he choose to land safely off airport; without damage or injury.

Narrative: This all began during descent for landing. It was during this time that the aircraft engine began to run rough; the engine was barely producing power to maintain altitude. Immediately; I went through the emergency procedures checklist. By the time the checklist was completed; the aircraft engine was no longer producing adequate power to maintain altitude. I began looking for a suitable landing site. This site was found in the form of a large field (which was at least 2;500 feet long) that was slightly ahead of my current position on my south side. At this time; I was at approximately 1;800 feet. I began to descend to my chosen landing site. I set up for approach and prepared for an off airport landing. While lined up on my chosen landing field; and fully committed to landing the aircraft; the engine resumed normal operations. This resume in power occurred at approximately 300 feet MSL. I immediately closed the throttle as I was un-trusting of how long the return in engine power would last. I continued my approach and made a soft field landing on the grassy terrain. As soon as I was on the ground and confident in terrain solidity; I applied the brakes and brought the aircraft to a stop. Once the aircraft had come to a stop; I shut down the engine and tried to raise ZZZ Tower. I was unable to reach them by radio; so I powered down the aircraft and climbed out along with my passenger. I confirmed that both my passenger and I had received no injuries of any kind. Now that the injury check was complete; I began to try and reach ZZZ Tower via cell phone. While attempting to reach the Tower; I inspected the aircraft and determined that no structural damage had taken place. Approximately 15 minutes after getting out of the aircraft; I made contact with the Tower on my cell phone and reported to them that I; my passenger and my aircraft were all safe and without injury/damage.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1189397
Time
Date	201407
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 650 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

A PA-28-151 was descending through 2;500 ft; 7 miles from his airport on a visual approach when the engine began running rough so he picked a landing site. During final approach at about 300 ft power restored but he choose to land safely off airport; without damage or injury.