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A single engine aircraft experienced engine failure two times. The pilot was unable to restart after the second loss and landed in a polo field. He stated that there was no damage to the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1233476 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201501 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Sport Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Other Local flight |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Cylinder |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 465 Flight Crew Type 230 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I was out for a local flight for pleasure at about 2500 ft. MSL in cruise when my engine quit on me. I set up to land on a local beach called ZZZ tower and advise him of my situation I then tried for a restart and was successful and climbed to about 2800 MSL while returning to the airport and about 5 minutes after my first failure the rotax 503 2 stroke quit on me again I was unable to start it again and landed in a polo field 8NM east of ZZZ. There was no damage to the aircraft or on the ground and no injury. I took the engine off today and inspected it and found scoring on the cylinder walls with piston damage. My intentions are to send the engine out and have rebuilt.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A single engine aircraft experienced engine failure two times. The pilot was unable to restart after the second loss and landed in a polo field. He stated that there was no damage to the aircraft.
Narrative: I was out for a local flight for pleasure at about 2500 ft. MSL in cruise when my engine quit on me. I set up to land on a local beach called ZZZ tower and advise him of my situation I then tried for a restart and was successful and climbed to about 2800 MSL while returning to the airport and about 5 minutes after my first failure the Rotax 503 2 stroke quit on me again I was unable to start it again and landed in a polo field 8NM east of ZZZ. There was no damage to the aircraft or on the ground and No injury. I took the engine off today and inspected it and found scoring on the cylinder walls with piston damage. My intentions are to send the engine out and have rebuilt.
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.