19990805029919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · St. Marys, WI · August 5, 1999

Date: August 5, 1999 · 10:00 local
Place: St. Marys, WI
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1179X
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,818 total38 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N1179XRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7535267 · Built 1975 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0-360-B1EReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On 08/05/99, at 0815AM, Piper PA-28R-200, N1179X, dep. Eau claire (eau) on an IFR flight plan to waukesha, WI. During cruise at 5000' the engine began running rough and loosing power approx. 13 miles west of volk ng ap, WI. An emergency was declared and the aircraft was given vectors to volk ap by volk mil. Appr. Control. Due to the rapid loss of power the pilot initiated and completed a normal gear down ldg into an alfalfa field with the acft coming to rest in an adjacent corn field near st. mary's ridge, monroe county, WI. The pilot and one pax walked away from the acft with no injuries; the aircraft receiving minor damage. Inspection of the acft revealed lack of compression when the engine was pulled through using the prop indicating an internal fail.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 08/05/99, AT 0815AM, PIPER PA-28R-200, N1179X, DEP. EAU CLAIRE (EAU) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO WAUKESHA, WI. DURING CRUISE AT 5000' THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND LOOSING POWER APPROX. 13 MILES WEST OF VOLK NG AP, WI. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO VOLK AP BY VOLK MIL. APPR. CONTROL. DUE TO THE RAPID LOSS OF POWER THE PILOT INITIATED AND COMPLETED A NORMAL GEAR DOWN LDG INTO AN ALFALFA FIELD WITH THE ACFT COMING TO REST IN AN ADJACENT CORN FIELD NEAR ST. MARY'S RIDGE, MONROE COUNTY, WI. THE PILOT AND ONE PAX WALKED AWAY FROM THE ACFT WITH NO INJURIES; THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVING MINOR DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED LACK OF COMPRESSION WHEN THE ENGINE WAS PULLED THROUGH USING THE PROP INDICATING AN INTERNAL FAIL.