Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Piper PA-22-108 Colt, N4729Z, incident occurred on January 3, 2026, near Mattoon, Illinois

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N4729Z

- History of Flight:
On January 3, 2026, at about 0730 local time, a Piper PA-22-108 Colt, N4729Z, registered to Sublogic Corp out of Urbana, IL, was not damaged in a forced landing to open field terrain near Mattoon, Illinois. The sole pilot onboard was not injured. The flight originated from the Day Aero-Place Airport (6IS0), 
Urbana, IL, at 0702 LT.

The FAA reported: "Aircraft experienced engine issues and landed in a field." ADS-B data show that the airplane was cruising at 1,700 ft when it entered a descending left hand turn and landed in the field.

Figure 1: ADS-B exchange data

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