An engine failure caused the pilot of a maule mt-7 to make a forced landing in a field.

Attributes
ACN	844680
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	M-7
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 2600 Flight Crew Type 300
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Upon reaching 2500 ft and a reduction in power the engine lost power (quit). Advised ATC of situation. Unable to restart engine and was able to locate a vacant field and landed. No injury to occupants or damage to aircraft. At this time reason or problem causing engine out unknown.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An engine failure caused the pilot of a Maule MT-7 to make a forced landing in a field.

Narrative: Upon reaching 2500 FT and a reduction in power the engine lost power (quit). Advised ATC of situation. Unable to restart engine and was able to locate a vacant field and landed. No injury to occupants or damage to aircraft. At this time reason or problem causing engine out unknown.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.