# Incident 20030305003159I: Piper PA28RT201, Tecumseh, NE, March 5, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2003, 16:20 local time
- Place: Tecumseh, NE
- Airport: Tecumseh Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4009° N, 96.1704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TECUMSEH MUNI (0G3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4009&lon=-96.1704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8265S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8265S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030305003159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 3/6/2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 CMT ON FLIGHT FROM FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT MINNEAPOLIS MN. (FCM) TO DO SOME RECREATIONAL SIGHT SEEING, AND TWO HOUR INTO THIS FLIGHT THE PILOT (DAREN LEE KLEGSTAD) LOST POWER. MR. KLEGSTAD STATED HE HEARD A LOUD BAND AND THEN LOST POWER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. HE THEN CALLED OUT A MAYDAY ON 121.5 AND LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND. JUST OFF HIS NOSE HE SAW THE TECUMSEH AIRPORT (OG3) AND WAS ABLE TO LAND WITH DECREASED POWER. INVESTIGATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE #2 CYLINDER HAD TWO BROKEN STUDS ON THE TOP AND TWO LOOSE CASE THROUGH BOLTS ON THE TOP OF THIS CYLINDER. IT HAD ALSO PUSHED THE CYLINDER APPROXIMATELY 1/8" OFF THE CASE HALF. PMI FOR THUNDERBIRD AIRCRAFT CO. WILL BE NOTIFIED FOR ENGINE TEARDOWN. ENGINE TSMOH 1395 HRS.

## Other reports on N8265S (4)

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

- [Incident 20200513003449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200513003449I), May 13, 2020: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N8265S), Lakeville, MN, Minor damage. 2020-05-13 Piper arrow N8265S had a gear up landing at Airlake klvn. After landing at 1 a.m. the pic/cfi went home and came back to work at 0800L to facilitate…
- [Incident 20110629014549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110629014549I), Jun 29, 2011: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N8265S), Maple Lake, MN, Minor damage. Lake airport, Minnesota. During the landing flare, [privacy data omitted] hard the propeller strike the ground and realized had had not lowered the landing…
- [Incident 20050930033519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050930033519I), Sep 30, 2005: Piper PA28RT201 (N8265S), Glencoe, MN, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot flight instructor [privacy data omitted] administered a complex aircraft checkout to private pilot [privacy data omitted] at the Glencoe…
- [Incident 19991020032369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991020032369I), Oct 20, 1999: Piper PA28RT201 (N8265S), Clear Lake, MN, Minor damage. (-23) The airplane started shaking during cruise. The PIC headed for a grass strip nearby. He saw a cylinder break through the cowling. He estimated that they…

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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