# Incident 19991027038669I: Piper PA28161, Chicago, IL, October 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1999, 10:45 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81023, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81023) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991027038669I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 27, 1999, ARICRAFT (N81023) CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 4L APPROXIMATELY 1045AM. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS AT THE CONTROLS, AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED THROUGH ABOUT 150AGL THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, THE FLOGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE INSTRUCTOR LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY ON THE TAXIWAY BETWEEN RUNWAYS 4L AND 4R.  UPON INSPECTION AFTER LANDING THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED FUEL LEAKING OUT OF THE GASCOLATOR DRAIN VALVE, THE VALVE WAS STUCK IN THE DRAIN POSITION THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO OTHER APPARENT DAMAGE.

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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