# Incident 19960922041109I: Piper PA22108, Toronto, SD, September 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Toronto, SD
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5724° N, 96.6414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toronto, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5724&lon=-96.6414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5147Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5147Z-2013-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,817 total, 69 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960922041109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS CONDUCTING A NORMAL TAKE-OFF, CLIMBING TO 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. HE LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD INTO A CORN FIELD RATHER THAN ATTEMPT TO TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND CHANCE STALLING OUT IN A TURN. HE INITIATED HIS APPROACH STRAIGHT AHEAD TOUCHING DOWN IN A NORMAL LANDING ATTITUDE. AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE CORN STALKS, THE NOSE LOWERED, CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE IN THE SOFT SOD. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT AS IT TRAVELED THROUGH THE CORN STALKS. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR, AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THIS REPORT CLOSES THE INVESTIGATION. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED NO REASON AS TO WHY THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE ENGINE WAS TEST RUN ON THE GROUND, AND RAN SATISFACTORILY. AS A PRECAUTION, THE CARBURETOR WAS DISASSEMBLED AND THE FLOAT NEEDLE WAS FOUND TO STICK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THE FLOAT NEEDLE AND SEAT WERE REPLACED AND THE ENGINE WAS AGAIN GROUND RUN SATISFACTORILY.

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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