Stagger Wing 17
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3; Flight Crew Total 2593; Flight Crew Type 18
Troubleshooting
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Evacuated
Weather; Aircraft
I was flying about 700 feet AGL; when the engine sputtered and quit (I believe it was caused by carburetor icing.) I pushed the throttle ahead full; pulled carb heat and pumped the hand pump with no results so I ended up landed in the only safe place to land that would also cause the least damage to the aircraft. I landed gear up on the snow in a swamp instead of the woods.
A Beechcraft Staggerwing pilot reported losing engine power around 700 feet and landing straight ahead with his gear up.