19890101062409I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-108 · Wheaton, MN · January 1, 1989

Date
January 1, 1989 · 12:30 local
Place
Wheaton, MN
Airport
Wheaton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N37EP
Reported as
Piper PA22108
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,712 total30 in this make and model180 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.

Power loss and backfiring on takeoff. Executed emergency landing. Left magneto contaminated with engine oil.

As the FAA filed it

POWER LOSS AND BACKFIRING ON TAKEOFF. EXECUTED EMERGENCY LANDING. LEFT MAGNETO CONTAMINATED WITH ENGINE OIL.