# Incident 19860824051369I: Piper PA28151, St Louis, MO, August 24, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1986, 09:27 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56786, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56786) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 520 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860824051369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST POWER AFTER TAKEOFF, RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUND BROKEN EXHAUST VALVE.

## Other reports on N56786 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790916023379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916023379I), Sep 16, 1979: Piper PA28151 (N56786), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Engine quit at 400 feet on climb out. Gascolator was draining, limiting fuel to the carburetor.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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