# Incident 20050711015539I: Piper PA28140, Mobile, AL, July 11, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2005, 14:48 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3631K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3631K-2020-02-21) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050711015539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IFR FLIGHT FROM TAMPA TO N. TEXAS. FUEL STOP IN MOB. ON ENGINE START, THE ENGINE BACKFIRED. ON DEPARTURE, A PILOT IN A CRJ NOTICED SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT ON THE AIRCRAFT. ON CLIMBOUT THE ENGINE BACKFIRED TWO MORE TIMES AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. UPON LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD FALLEN OFF. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE MINOR, NO INJURIES, ONE PERSON ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST COMPLETED AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND ENGINE OVERHAUL EIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. PILOT CAN BE CONTACTED AT ^PRIVACY DATA^. THE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY/WHEEL HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED.

## Other reports on N3631K (1)

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

- [Accident 20181018020309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181018020309A), Oct 18, 2018: Piper PA-28-140 (N3631K), Plant City, FL, Substantial damage. The pilot experience loss of power on climb out and the engine shut down. Aircraft landed in a wooded area on the airport.

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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