# Incident 19960814029429I: Piper PA38112, Kansas City Nor, MO, August 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1996, 09:45 local time
- Place: Kansas City Nor, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N33BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33BA-2017-07-12) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,006 total, 400 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960814029429I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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