# Incident 19961024037989I: Piper PA25235, Clarkfield, MN, October 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1996, 16:00 local time
- Place: Clarkfield, MN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7903° N, 95.8076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarkfield, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7903&lon=-95.8076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7545Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7545Z-2012-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,139 total, 1,739 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961024037989I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AMENDED 11-12-96; PILOT DEPARTED A PRIVATE STRIP LOCATED ON HIS PERSONAL RESIDENCE ON A FARM NEAR CLARKFIELD, MN. THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD. INITIAL INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF ENGINE. ENGINE HAD BEEN OVERHAULED LESS THAN 100 HOURS PREVIOUSLY. NO ISSUES INVOLVED EXCEPT FOR AIRWORTHINESS PART TO BE IDENTIFIED. AMENDMENT TO FOLLOW. PART: ROD BOLT 74644 LYCOMING.

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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