# Incident 19910530026889I: Piper PA28151, Sleepy Eye, MN, May 30, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1991, 08:00 local time
- Place: Sleepy Eye, MN
- Airport: Sleepy Eye Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2496° N, 94.7104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SLEEPY EYE MUNI (Y58), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2496&lon=-94.7104&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4935F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4935F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,390 total, 14 in this make and model, 298 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910530026889I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE ROUGH AND LOSING RPM AFTER TAKEOFF. LANDED IN FIELD. NOSE WHEEL PUSHED BACK AND PROP BENT.

## Other reports on N4935F (2)

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

- [Incident 19960723029639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960723029639I), Jul 23, 1996: Piper PA28151 (N4935F), Faribault, MN. Narrative: following take-off and in climb, engine lost power and could not maintain altitude. PIC elected to land in an oats field. No damage to aircraft or…
- [Accident 19870810075749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870810075749A), Aug 10, 1987: Piper PA28151 (N4935F), Delft, MN, Substantial damage. Pilot with three passengers aborted takeoff on short sod strip when aircraft failed to climb. Ran through a fence.

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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