# Accident 19970522011749A: Piper PA28151, Archdale, NC, May 22, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1997, 17:45 local time
- Place: Archdale, NC
- Airport: Johnson Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8103° N, 79.8893° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8103&lon=-79.8893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8392C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8392C-1998-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 487 total, 386 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970522011749A

## Narrative

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

LOST PARTIAL POWER. ELECTED LAND ON PRIVATE STRIP. OVERSHOT STRIP. HIT TREES ON GO AROUND. TAPE BLOCKED AIRINTAKE. (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HICKORY, NC AT 1700.  INTENDED DESTINATION OF FLIGHT WAS RALEIGH, NC. APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT WHILE FLYING AT 3000 FEET THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOSE POWER.  PILOT CONTACTED GREENSBORO APPROACH CONTROL AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT NEARBY JOHNSON AIRPORT IN SOPHIA, NC.  ACCORDING TO PILOT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND HE INITIATED A GO AROUND.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES 800 FEET BEYOND RUNWAY AND PILOT ESCAPED UNINJURED.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM TREES AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT SOMEONE HAD WRAPPED TAPE AROUND THE FLEX DUCT THAT RUNS BETWEEN THE AIR FILTER AND CARBURETOR.  THE TAPE BECAME LOOSE FROM DUCT & MIGRATED TO CARB. BASE WHERE IT LODGED MIDWAY IN CARB. REDUCING AIR FLOW & CAUSING ENGINE TO LOSE POWER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL97LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA074), May 22, 1997: Piper PA-28-151 (N8392C), Sophia, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: improper maintenance performed by an unknown person, which resulted in the reduction of airflow through the engine induction system and subsequent loss of engine power. A factor related to the…

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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