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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Sallisaw, OK · July 19, 2004

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Date
July 19, 2004 · 10:30 local
Place
Sallisaw, OK
Airport
Sallisaw Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7390J
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total250 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days
N7390JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-24752 · Built 1968Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On July 17, 2004, a Piper, PA-28-140 experienced a loss of power after taking off from the Sallisaw Municipal Airport. The pilot reported he was conducting touch and go flight operations with 2 passengers on board. During the last touch and go, during climb out, at about 350-400 feet AGL, he reports the aircraft engine lost power. He indicated he applied carburetor heat but that did not solve the problem. He located a field and set up to make an emergency landing just south of the Sallisaw airport, across highway 59. After landing the aircraft rolled for about 200 feet, impacting a barbed wire fence. The nose gear was bent back and the aircraft went down on the nose cowling. The aircraft received only minor damage. Weather was not a factor in this incident directly. Initial investigation indicates the aircraft may have experienced carburetor icing during the take-off phase of flight. The pilot indicated he had made 3 touch and go approaches previous to this incident. This may have resulted in an accumulation of ice which would have prevented the aircraft engine from making adequate power for flight.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 17, 2004, A PIPER, PA-28-140 EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AFTER TAKING OFF FROM THE SALLISAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO FLIGHT OPERATIONS WITH 2 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. DURING THE LAST TOUCH AND GO, DURING CLIMB OUT, AT ABOUT 350-400 FEET AGL, HE REPORTS THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER. HE INDICATED HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT BUT THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HE LOCATED A FIELD AND SET UP TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING JUST SOUTH OF THE SALLISAW AIRPORT, ACROSS HIGHWAY 59. AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FOR ABOUT 200 FEET, IMPACTING A BARBED WIRE FENCE. THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT BACK AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN ON THE NOSE COWLING. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT DIRECTLY. INITIAL INVESTIGATION INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED CARBURETOR ICING DURING THE TAKE-OFF PHASE OF FLIGHT. THE PILOT INDICATED HE HAD MADE 3 TOUCH AND GO APPROACHES PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT. THIS MAY HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCUMULATION OF ICE WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE FROM MAKING ADEQUATE POWER FOR FLIGHT.