# Incident 19890101062409I: Piper PA22108, Wheaton, MN, January 1, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1989, 12:30 local time
- Place: Wheaton, MN
- Airport: Wheaton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7805° N, 96.5438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHEATON MUNI (ETH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7805&lon=-96.5438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37EP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37EP-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,712 total, 30 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890101062409I

## Narrative

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

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

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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