# Incident 19970206008859I: Piper PA28236, Roswell, NM, February 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Airport: Roswell Industrial Air Center
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4376V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4376V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970206008859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AS PILOT MADE PRACTICE VORA APPROACH AT ROSWELL, NM THE TOWER REPORTED SEEING SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AT 500' AGL AND THE TOWER TOLD THEM TO USE A PARALLEL TAXIWAY (B) IF THEY WANTED TO EXPEDITE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MECHANIC SAID CARB. TOO RICH AND OVERLOADED. PILOT FOLLOWED POH (PUMP ON/MIXTURE RICH) BUT CARBURETOR OVERLOADED - TOO RICH. NO ERROR IDENTIFIED. TOWER EXPEDITED LANDING - PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED AS A PRECAUTIONARY, PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 21.

## Other reports on N4376V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20161027023289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161027023289A), Oct 27, 2016: Piper PA-28-236 (N4376V), Lexington, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot prepared for departure from Lexington Municipal Airport, 4K3, and taxied to runup point of runway. Pilot proceeded to take off and at approximately 100…

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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