# Incident 19961012040269I: Piper PA28161, Salem Township, MI, October 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1996, 11:00 local time
- Place: Salem Township, MI
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6360C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6360C-1999-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961012040269I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: IT APPEARS CARBURETOR ICED CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. CARBURETOR REMOVED AND REPAIRED. GROUND RAN AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. APPROX. 3500 FT DURING MCA-WHEN THROTTLE PUSHED NO RESPONSE FROM ENGINE. INFORMED TOWER AT YIP ENGINE PROBLEM. SET UP FOR FIELD FOR EMERGENCY LANDING. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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