Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40; Flight Crew Total 21000; Flight Crew Type 200
Other / Unknown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Human Factors
While flying [a short flight] in a Nieuport experimental; the VW engine began to fail. Carried out a precautionary landing in a vacant grass field. Fixed loose battery wire. Flew aircraft out.
Experimental Nieuport aircraft pilot reports engine failure and lands in a grass field. A loose battery cable is properly connected and the aircraft departs.