<< >> NASA ASRS Report 905670, August 2010

A PA28 pilot performed a successful emergency landing in a filed when the engine failed during an IFR flight.

Attributes
ACN	905670
Time
Date	201008
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 17000 Flight Crew Type 750
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Performed successful forced landing in rancher's field due to loss of engine power. IFR flight plan at 11;000 MSL in VMC when RPM and egt 'rolled back.' unable to restore power; declared emergency with center and landed safely.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA28 pilot performed a successful emergency landing in a filed when the engine failed during an IFR flight.

Narrative: Performed successful forced landing in rancher's field due to loss of engine power. IFR flight plan at 11;000 MSL in VMC when RPM and EGT 'rolled back.' Unable to restore power; declared emergency with Center and landed safely.

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.