19890411032319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Midland, TX · April 11, 1989

Date
April 11, 1989 · 17:20 local
Place
Midland, TX
Airport
Midland Airpark Artp
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N158CC
Reported as
Piper PA28R201
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total980 in this make and model50 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 lost power on takeoff and settled back to runway. NR3 cylinder exhaust valve was stuck open.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF AND SETTLED BACK TO RUNWAY. NR3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE WAS STUCK OPEN.