# Incident 20010718023039I: Piper PA28140, Punta Gorda, FL, July 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2001, 20:15 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Charlotte County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1635J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1635J) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 40 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010718023039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 19, 2001, AT 2015 EDT, A PIPER 28-140, N1635J, REGISTERED TO E Z FLYING CLUB, ON A TOUCH AND GO THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND THEN STOPPED. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAYS AT CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT, PUNTA GORTA, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. PILOT HAD MINOR INJURIES.

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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