Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Grumman American AA-5 Traveler, N960RS: Incident occurred September 14, 2015 near Jasper County Airport (KRZL), Rensselaer, Indiana

Airplane runs out of fuel and is landed in bean field near Jasper County Airport

On Monday, September 14, 2015 at approximately 10:36 A.M. Jasper County Sheriff’s Office received notification that a small private aircraft had radioed Jasper County Airport indicating that the aircraft was unable to make the runway and would be landing in a field.

Immediately units from Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, Rensselaer Fire, Prompts Medics, and Airport personnel responded to an area north of the runway to search for the aircraft. During this time radio communications had been lost with the pilot of the aircraft.

At approximately 10:43 A.M. ground search units located the intact aircraft in a bean field on the northwest corner of County Road 300 South and County Road 700 West within two miles of the airport. 

Contact was made with the lone occupant of the aircraft who advised he had suffered no injury and was able to land the aircraft without any detectable damage.

Investigation by Deputy Russ Shouse revealed that the Grumman single engine four seat aircraft was being flown to Jasper County Airport for an annual inspection when the aircraft ran out of fuel. 

The pilot was able to make an emergency landing in the bean field with little or no crop damage observed. 

Airport personnel contacted the FAA and the NTSB to notify respective agencies of the emergency landing. 

The pilot was identified as Steve Zumbusch of Chanhassen, Minnesota. Mr. Zumbusch suffered no injury and remained with airport personnel while the investigation was completed.

At 3:00 P.M. same date Jasper County Airport maintenance personnel recovered the Grumman aircraft and successfully moved the aircraft to the Jasper County Airport. 

No other information was available at the time of this report.

Press Release from County Sheriff’s Office.

Source:  http://www.jaspercountyinnews.com


Date: 14-SEP-15
Time: 16:15:00Z
Regis#: N960RS
Aircraft Make: GRUMMAN
Aircraft Model: AA5
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: None
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA South Bend FSDO-17
City: RENSSELAER
State: Indiana

AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD, NEAR RENSSELAER, IN

http://registry.faa.gov/N960RS

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