# Incident 20040719015289I: Piper PA28140, Sallisaw, OK, July 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Sallisaw, OK
- Airport: Sallisaw Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4382° N, 94.8029° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALLISAW MUNI (JSV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4382&lon=-94.8029&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7390J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7390J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 250 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040719015289I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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