off field landing for the polen special

[tow-3]

Just saw this in the daily FAA update.

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** Notice created 11/5/2012 Notice 15 **
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 11DP Make/Model: EXP Description: SPECIAL II
Date: 11/03/2012 Time: 2229

Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: None

LOCATION
City: GRANBURY State: TX Country: US

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD, NEAR GRANBURY, TX

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:


OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER


FAA FSDO: FORT WORTH, TX (SW19) Entry date: 11/05/2012


richard keyt's polen special. it says no injuries, I hope the damage is really none. that is one great looking airplane.

[GeoffS]

Re: off field landing for the polen special

Thankfully it was a normal landing on a private airstrip. No damage or injuries.
It was described to me as, "the engine quit at FL210, so he declared an emergency, got it restarted at 16,000 and landed normally".

Cheers,

Geoff S.