# Incident 20010801022549I: Piper PA28235, Garden City, KS, August 1, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2001, 14:50 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9275° N, 100.7244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDEN CITY RGNL (GCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9281W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9281W-2019-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Pilot flight hours: 1,375 total, 700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010801022549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE GARDEN CITY, KS AIRPORT (GCK) AT 1436 LOCAL TIME AND PROCEEDED WESTBOUND. AT 1446 THE PILOT CONTACTED THE GCK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) AND ADVISED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING A PROPELLER OVERSPEED CONDITION AND WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT'S LAST TRANSMISSION ADVISED THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO RETURN AND WAS LANDING IN A FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THE NOSE GEAR, ENGINE COWLING, AND PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED AFTER LANDING IN THE FIELD. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS UNHARMED. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ENGINE PRIMARY OIL SCREEN WAS MISSING.

## Other reports on N9281W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20000926015569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000926015569A), Sep 26, 2000: Piper PA28235 (N9281W), Denver, CO, No damage. (-23) On September 26, 2000, at 1230 MDT, a Piper PA-28-235, N9281W, sustained substantial damage while taxiing from landing at jefferson county airport,…

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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