# Incident 19970216005179I: Piper PA28161, Gainesville, TX, February 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1997, 12:00 local time
- Place: Gainesville, TX
- Airport: Gainesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6522° N, 97.1973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE MUNI (GLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6522&lon=-97.1973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83208, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 217 total, 56 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970216005179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 02-16-97 AT 1200 CST, N83208, A PA-28-161, DEPARTED GAINSVILLE AIRPORT (GLE), GAINSVILLE, TX ON RUNWAY 35. UPON REACHING 600 FEET AGL, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG AND REDUCTION OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TOWARDS THE AIRFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY 22 IN A GRASS FIELD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S WINGS (LEADING EDGE) AS A RESULT OF IMPACTING TWO FENCE POSTS. AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED THAT THE SPARK PLUG FROM #4 CYLINDER CAME OUT AS A RESULT OF A FAILED HELICOIL. A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

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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