Amateur/Home Built/Experimental
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10; Flight Crew Total 275; Flight Crew Type 10
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition
Aircraft
While on an instrument training flight with my instructor; I was in a climbing right turn from 2500 MSL to 3000 MSL and a heading of 330 to 150. The engine RPM went from 2000 RPM to idle. I tried unsuccessfully to regain RPM. We turned towards [the departure airport] and realized we would not make it back. The result was an off field landing in a farmers field 5 miles from [the departure airport]. The landing only caused damage to the wheel pants due to the field being wet and muddy. No injuries were sustained by myself or the flight instructor.
The pilot of an experimental aircraft reported an engine malfunction that resulted in an off-field landing.