# Accident 19950810027149A: Piper PA28RT201, Fremont, NE, August 10, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1995, 17:09 local time
- Place: Fremont, NE
- Airport: Fremont Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4499° N, 96.5212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREMONT MUNI (FET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4499&lon=-96.5212&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGQGZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360FB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,227 total, 2,675 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950810027149A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. LANDED IN HIGHWAY DITCH. WITNESS HEARD ENGINE BACKFIRING. NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. (.4) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD PREFLIGHTED THE AIRPLANE AND PERFORMED THE ENGINE RUN-UP AND CONTROL CHECKS, AND ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS LOOKED NORMAL. HE REPORTED THAT AT ABOUT 300 FEET AGL THE ENGINE HAD A LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRPLANE LANDED IN A DITCH AND HIT A CONCRETE BRIDGE ABUTMENT/CULVERT. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS 'MISSING, FALTERING, AND SPUTTERING.' INSPECTION REVEALED THAT AIRPLANE'S ENGINE AND AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS HAD CONTINUITY OR WERE CAPABLE OF OPERATING NORMALLY. THE FUEL SAMPLE WAS CLEAR AND BRIGHT. THE ENGINE OPERATED WITHIN MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS WHEN IT WAS RUN ON A TEST STAND. THE AIRCRAFT'S WEIGHT AND BALANCE WERE WITHIN LIMITS ON TAKEOFF. THE TAKEOFF WEIGHT WAS ABOUT 2,856 POUNDS AND THE GROSS WEIGHT LIMIT WAS 2,900 POUNDS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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