<< >> NASA ASRS Report 206437, March 1992

Pilot practicing stalls. The engine quit. The pilot was unable to restart the engine and made an off field landing. Aircraft turned over damaging the propeller and the nose gear.

Attributes
ACN	206437
Time
Date	199203
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : esn
State Reference	MD
Altitude	msl bound lower : 75 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	cruise other descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 950 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	206437
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

While flying near easton, md, airport, I was practicing stalls at 3000 ft MSL. At the top of a power-off stall the propeller stopped. Diving the aircraft to 1800 ft MSL did not start the propeller. I tried to restart the engine with the key, that did not work either. So I had to make a forced landing in a farmer's field. At the end of the landing rollout, the plane got bogged down in soft and muddy conditions and pitched forward, collapsing the front gear and bending the propeller.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT PRACTICING STALLS. THE ENG QUIT. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENG AND MADE AN OFF FIELD LNDG. ACFT TURNED OVER DAMAGING THE PROP AND THE NOSE GEAR.

Narrative: WHILE FLYING NEAR EASTON, MD, ARPT, I WAS PRACTICING STALLS AT 3000 FT MSL. AT THE TOP OF A PWR-OFF STALL THE PROP STOPPED. DIVING THE ACFT TO 1800 FT MSL DID NOT START THE PROP. I TRIED TO RESTART THE ENG WITH THE KEY, THAT DID NOT WORK EITHER. SO I HAD TO MAKE A FORCED LNDG IN A FARMER'S FIELD. AT THE END OF THE LNDG ROLLOUT, THE PLANE GOT BOGGED DOWN IN SOFT AND MUDDY CONDITIONS AND PITCHED FORWARD, COLLAPSING THE FRONT GEAR AND BENDING THE PROP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.