# Incident 19960223004539I: Piper PA28235, Sweet Home, OR, February 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1996, 16:07 local time
- Place: Sweet Home, OR
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4046° N, 122.6995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sweet Home, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4046&lon=-122.6995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15735, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 870 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960223004539I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N15735 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH SEATTLE CENTER, WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO FAIL. AIRCRAFT PILOT REPORTED ENGINE POWER LOSS. SEATTLE CENTER VECTORED AIRCRAFT TO LEBANON AIRPORT, THEN TO SWEET HOME AIRPORT, WHEN PILOT SAID HE WOULDN'T MAKE IT TO LEBANON. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WITHOUT POWER AT SWEET HOME. TALKED TO MARTIN J. SCHNEIDER ON FEBRUARY 27, 1996, THE AIRCRAFT OWNER AND PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND WAS CLEARED TO CLIMB TO 11,000-13,000 FEET, WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER. MR. SCHNEIDER STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED CARBURETOR ICING AT AN ALTITUDE 12,500 FEET, WHILE FLYING INTO A CLOUD. THE CARBURETOR HEAT WAS TURNED ON AND OFF NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT THE CONDITION WORSENED UNTIL THE ENGINE STOPPED. MR. SCHNEIDER STATED THAT THE CARBURETOR APPEARED TO BE ICED UP. AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT MR. SCHNEIDER OPENED THE ENGINE COWLING AND NOTICED WATER RUNNING FROM THE CARBURETOR. THE WATER RAN FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. THE NEXT DAY, MR. SCHNEIDER FLEW TO BEND, OREGON WITH NO INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS USING AUTO GAS IAW PETERSON STC. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N15735 (2)

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

- [Accident 19811125075899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811125075899A), Nov 25, 1981: Piper PA28235 (N15735), Silver City, NM, Substantial damage. Wrinkled wings in hard landing. Landed down slope in severe gusty surface winds.
- [Accident 19740518014469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740518014469A), May 18, 1974: Piper PA28235 (N15735), Hermosilla, Substantial damage. Invest under jurisdiction of govt of Mexico.

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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