Small Aircraft
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Glider; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 6125; Flight Crew Type 320
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing
Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition
Aircraft
We were cruising at 2;500 feet MSL (approximately 1;500 feet AGL). We heard a loud bang and the engine started running rough. The Number 5 cylinder went cold. I called ZZZ Tower [and advised them of the emergency condition]. Oil started spraying on the windshield and I noticed that the oil pressure was zero. I turned towards the airport but the engine shut down. I opted to land in a corn field gear up. The plane stopped in about 210 feet. Nobody was hurt.
SP20 aircraft pilot reported landing in a field after his engine failed in flight.