# Accident 20000716036739A: Piper PA28181, Ashland, WI, July 16, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2000, 14:15 local time
- Place: Ashland, WI
- Airport: John F Kennedy Memorial Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5691° N, 90.8707° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5691&lon=-90.8707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24GK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24GK-2010-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000716036739A

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ENGINE TROUBLE AFTER DEPARTING MADELINE ISLAND. SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO GET BETTER. ENGINE STARTED AGAIN RUNNING ROUGH, PROCEEDED TO ASHLAND, WI. PILOT STATED SHE THEN OBSERVED WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE COWLING AND TEH ENGINE WAS RUNNING EXTREMELY ROUGH AND SHE ELECTED TO SHUT IT DOWN. SHE LANDED IN A FIELD APPROX. 1000 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 20 AT JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL AIRPORT IN ASHLAND, WI. (ASX). A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE AT THE SCENE REVEALED AN APPROXIMATE 6 INCH DIAMETER HOLE IN THE LOWER ENGINE CASES AT THE CENTERLINE AND BELOW NUMBER 1 CYLINDER. THE CRANKSHAFT ROTATED BY HAND AND ALL PISTONS MOVED WITH THE CRANK EXCEPT NUMBER 1. THE PISTON ROD FOR NUMBER 1 CYLINDER WAS BROKEN AND THE ROD CAP WAS MISSING. THE STARTER WAS BROKEN AWAY FROM THE ENGINE BUT ALL OTHER ACCESSORIES WERE INTACT.

## 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 CHI00LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA209), Jul 16, 2000: Piper PA-28-181 (N24GK), Ashland, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the blocked lubricating system and unsuitable terrain.

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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