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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Mankato, MN · September 7, 1985

Date
September 7, 1985 · 10:38 local
Place
Mankato, MN
Airport
Mankato
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31971
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360FB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,019 total2,000 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine locked up after takeoff due to bolt failure on the rod cap. Landed gear up in a field.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOCKED UP AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO BOLT FAILURE ON THE ROD CAP. LANDED GEAR UP IN A FIELD.