# Incident 19940729031569I: Piper PA38112, Catskill, NY, July 29, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1994, 13:15 local time
- Place: Catskill, NY
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2173° N, 73.8580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Catskill, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2173&lon=-73.8580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2519C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2519C-2018-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 250 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940729031569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED N63 ENROUTE TO CATSKILL, NY AREA IN LEVEL FLIGHT WITH ENGINE RPM SET TO 2200-2300. ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER TO 1500 RPM. PILOT TRIED SWITCHING FUEL TANKS, CARB HEAT, AND MAGS TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN ALFALFA FIELD NEAR CATSKILL, NY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. MAINTENANCE FROM N63 FOUND THAT AIRCRAFT HAD ONE BAD MAG AND FOUND ONE FOULED PLUG. ABOVE ITEMS WERE REPLACED, ENGINE RAN NORMALLY AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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