# Incident 20040518013869I: Piper PA20, No Sioux City, SD, May 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2004, 19:30 local time
- 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)
- Location: 42.5408° N, 96.4855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAHAM FLD (7K7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5408&lon=-96.4855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7760K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7760K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O290
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040518013869I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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