# Incident 19960813026769I: Piper PA38112, Kansas City, MO, August 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1996, 10:45 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2466D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2466D-2012-06-28) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960813026769I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 1. ON 08/13/96 AT 1545Z TIME, A PIPER PA-38-112 AIRCRAFT (N2466D) DEPARTED KANSAS CITY DOWN TOWN (MKC) AIRPORT, MISSOURI EN ROUTE TO RETURN BACK TO KANSAS CITY DOWN TOWN (MKC) AIRPORT, MISSOURI. ON TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 21 AT MKC, CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) CRAIG A. MOORE NOTED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ON CLIMB. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, CRAIG A. MOORE, IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM HIS STUDENT JEREMIAH GARLOOK AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY GO-AROUND LANDING. 2. INITIATING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WITH APPROXIMATELY ONLY 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PROCEEDED WITH AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTED HIS STUDENT TO NOTIFY THE AIRPORT TOWER THAT THEY WERE MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 1. TOTAL ENGINE POWER WAS LOST WHILE MAKING THE EVASIVE TURN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 1. ATTEMPTING TO AVOID INJURY TO GROUND PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TARGETED A GRASSY AREA TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WHICH RESULTED IN THE LEFT WING TIP TO TOUCH THE GROUND AND RECEIVE MINOR DAMAGE. 3. ON EXAMINATION, MECHANIC CHARLES DRAKE OF SPIRIT AVIATION DISCOVERED WATER IN THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK. AIRCRAFT RECORDS REVEALED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT HAD NOT BEEN OPERATED FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT AND HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO HEAVY RAINS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE FUEL CAPS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY SEALED RESULTING IN RAIN WATER TO HAVE SEEPED INTO THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK. THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK WAS SELECTED FOR USE DURING THIS INTENDED FLIGHT. 4. THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM WILL BE PURGED BY THE MECHANIC CHARLES DRAKE AND RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER A HARD LANDING INSPECTION IS ACCOMPLISHED.  A FOLLOW-UP RAMP AND RECORDS INSPECTION WILL BE CONDUCTED BY GENERAL AVIATION AIRWORTHINESS SECTION.  THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION WAS CORDINATED WITH GENERAL AVAITION OPERATIONS. 5. THIS INCIDENT NUMBER CE96-IGA0114 IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N2466D (2)

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

- [Accident 20111206027789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111206027789A), Dec 6, 2011: Piper PA-38-112 (N2466D), Woodland, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft accident preliminary notice narrative: lost engine power while on short final for runway 34 at the Yolo county airport (kdwa). Aircraft forced landed…
- [Accident 20000712006879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000712006879A), Jul 12, 2000: Piper PA38112 (N2466D), Selma, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft was in the airport traffic pattern on downwind when the CFI changed the fuel selector to the fullest tank. The aircraft completed a touch…

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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