This looks like it may well be repairable. New props and a complete tear-down and re-build of the engines at a minimum. Might need to buff out some scratches on the belly though... 

LAPORTE COUNTY INDIANA — A general aviation plane crash-landed onto a field Monday in rural LaPorte County, police said. 

The airplane went down near U.S. 421 and County Road 1100 South in rural Clinton Township at about 12:45 p.m. Monday, according to the LaPorte County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies arrived and located the plane about 300 yards east of U.S. 421, LaPorte County sheriff's Capt. Derek Allen said. 

Both the pilot and the passenger were uninjured and did not require medical treatment, police said.

"The pilot of the 1965 Piper Twin Comanche reported to the deputies that the aircraft‘s engines failed, resulting in the emergency landing," Allen said.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate what happened, police said.

LaPorte County Sheriff's Office deputies Jake Pisowicz, David Francis and Alex Pishkur, along with Captain Dallas Smythe and Sergeant Jeff Wright, responded to the crash landing.

Hmmmmmm....... I'm thinking about that plane that hit the car now.

Again. 😢

Engines will obviously need looking at, but they might not be too badly damaged if both rubber bands were actually stopped when it hit the deck. Depends a lot on if the engines imparted much force to the spars and buckled the airframe etc; if they did, it's probably a write off in spite of looking fairly intact. Of course anything can be fixed if you throw enough money at it, but whether that's economical is another matter. The main thing is the people made it uninjured and nobody on the ground was hurt. The people on board  have a good bar-room story; everything else is down to the insurance company assessment.

Well, if you have to make an emergency landing, a harvested corn field is about as good as one could ask for! This was quite obviously a well-controlled "crash landing" and the pilot did every thing right.

Having both engines fail at the same time points towards some sort of fuel issue having occurred.

22 hours ago, n4gix said:

The pilot of the 1965 Piper Twin Comanche reported to the deputies that the aircraft‘s engines failed

Plural?  

Sounds like fuel starvation or someone hit the master switch.....

Edited March 24, 20215 yr by fppilot

Always cringe when media describes an incident like this as a crash landing

37 minutes ago, CW46 said:

Always cringe when media describes an incident like this as a crash landing

Not as bad as when they say there was a fatal suicide bombing. Well yeah... that's kind of the criteria.

Or a serious crime, as opposed to one of those comedy crimes.

15 minutes ago, Chock said:

Not as bad as when they say there was a fatal suicide bombing. Well yeah... that's kind of the criteria.

Or a serious crime, as opposed to one of those comedy crimes.

On our local newscast, I once heard a report on an automobile crash where “The driver sustained severe injuries, and the passenger was seriously killed”.

13 hours ago, JRBarrett said:

On our local newscast, I once heard a report on an automobile crash where “The driver sustained severe injuries, and the passenger was seriously killed”.

I have no idea how the people who write news stories managed to earn passing grades in English grammar.

Glad no one was seriously injured or worse.  Sorry about the Twin Comanche, but it may well be repairable.  Both engines failed?  That is a rare occurrence, makes me wonder if the master switch was accidentally turned off or if there was contamination in the fuel or if the fuel gauges were trusted and no one actually checked the tanks.  Cannot look it up on Flightaware as there is no visible aircraft registration, and that is also rather odd.

Edited March 25, 20215 yr by stans

4 hours ago, stans said:

Cannot look it up on Flightaware as there is no visible aircraft registration, and that is also rather odd.

24 hours often makes a difference.  Incident happened near KVPZ Porter County Regional Airport, Valparaiso, Indiana.  No indication if the incident was during approach or after takeoff.  Plane based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2021/03/piper-pa-30-twin-comanche-n7588y.html

Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MWUpOQD4MI&ab_channel=310Pilot

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7588Y#flightPageActivityLog

Edited March 25, 20215 yr by fppilot