Emergency off airport forced landing.

Attributes
ACN	253353
Time
Date	199310
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cae
State Reference	SC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 1500 agl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	cruise other landing other other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 1300 flight time type : 20
ASRS Report	253353
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Engine lost power during cruise at 1500 ft AGL. Landed, uneventfully, on country road. Repaired aircraft next day and departed by same road. Power loss due to failure of both magnetos. It is difficult to say how to prevent the malfunction of redundant system. However, the best idea would be to maintain sufficient altitude to make a forced landing safely.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMER OFF ARPT FORCED LNDG.

Narrative: ENG LOST PWR DURING CRUISE AT 1500 FT AGL. LANDED, UNEVENTFULLY, ON COUNTRY ROAD. REPAIRED ACFT NEXT DAY AND DEPARTED BY SAME ROAD. PWR LOSS DUE TO FAILURE OF BOTH MAGNETOS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY HOW TO PREVENT THE MALFUNCTION OF REDUNDANT SYS. HOWEVER, THE BEST IDEA WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALT TO MAKE A FORCED LNDG SAFELY.

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.