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FAA incident report · Piper PA-20 · No Sioux City, SD · May 18, 2004

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Date
May 18, 2004 · 19:30 local
Place
No Sioux City, SD
Airport
Graham Field Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7760K
Reported as
Piper PA20
Reported engine
Lycoming O290
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total100 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N7760KRegistered now · Piper PA-20S/N 20-594 · Built 1951Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series4 cycle

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot randal brouwer with passenger privacy data omitted was practicing touch and go landings at 7K7 rwy 33, north Sioux city, SD, in N7760K, a PA-20 aircraft. The pilot stated he came in on a low approach and took off when the engine quit at about 100 feet above the runway. He switched tanks and still couldn't start it. Then he elected to set it down. As it came to a stop, it nosed over into a mud hole causing no damage to the aircraft and no injuries to the occupants.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT RANDAL BROUWER WITH PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT 7K7 RWY 33, NORTH SIOUX CITY, SD, IN N7760K, A PA-20 AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED HE CAME IN ON A LOW APPROACH AND TOOK OFF WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AT ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. HE SWITCHED TANKS AND STILL COULDN'T START IT. THEN HE ELECTED TO SET IT DOWN. AS IT CAME TO A STOP, IT NOSED OVER INTO A MUD HOLE CAUSING NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS.