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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Kansas City Nor, MO · August 14, 1996

Date: August 14, 1996 · 09:45 local
Place: Kansas City Nor, MO
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N33BA
Reported as: Piper PA38112
Reported engine: Lycoming IO320*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,006 total400 in this make and model84 in the last 90 days

N33BARegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2017 · Piper PA-38-112S/N 38-79A0021 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-38-112 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: at about 09:45 CDT, 08/14/96, samuel p. mitchell, certificate no. 587783020, experienced a partial power loss while giving instruction in PA-38, N33BA to ralph hall, student pilot, EE-1364685. Mr. Mitchell realized he could not make the mkc airport and landed in a railroad yard. The aircraft sustained minor damage. There were no injuries. Visual inspection of the engine revealed a bent valve pushrod and a limit travel on the throttle lever. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AT ABOUT 09:45 CDT, 08/14/96, SAMUEL P. MITCHELL, CERTIFICATE NO. 587783020, EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS WHILE GIVING INSTRUCTION IN PA-38, N33BA TO RALPH HALL, STUDENT PILOT, EE-1364685. MR. MITCHELL REALIZED HE COULD NOT MAKE THE MKC AIRPORT AND LANDED IN A RAILROAD YARD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A BENT VALVE PUSHROD AND A LIMIT TRAVEL ON THE THROTTLE LEVER. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.