# Incident 19970413015679I: Piper PA28140, Devils Lake, ND, April 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1997, 14:20 local time
- Place: Devils Lake, ND
- Airport: Devils Lake Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1166° N, 98.9100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEVILS LAKE RGNL (DVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1166&lon=-98.9100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8352R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8352R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970413015679I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED DVL ON CROSS-COUNTRY INSTURCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH STUDENT PILOT (DVL-BIS 6D8) 15 MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF, PILOT HEARD AN ENGINE "BANG" NOISE AS A BLOWN CYLINDER. PILOT DESCENDED AND LANDED ON COUNTY ROAD WITH ENGINE PARTIAL POWER. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES SUSTAINED OTHER THAN DAMAGED ENGINE CYLINDER. M OR D AND INSPECTION FINDINGS TO BE SUBMITTED BY 145CRS.

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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