# Incident 20080510847349I: Piper PA24250, Monee, IL, May 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2008, 18:35 local time
- Place: Monee, IL
- Airport: Bult Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3774° N, 87.6797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BULT FLD (C56), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3774&lon=-87.6797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7626P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7626P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080510847349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED BULT FIELD FOR HIS FIRST FLIGHT SINCE THE AIRPLANE'S ANNUAL INSPECTION (NOVEMBER 2007).  FLEW A LARGER PATTERN THAN NORMAL.  ON DOWNWIND, HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR.  AT THAT POINT, THE ENGINE BACKFIRED AND LOST POWER.  PILOT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING, NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N7626P (1)

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

- [Incident 19841222074449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841222074449I), Dec 22, 1984: Piper PA24 (N7626P), Gary, IN, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Did not hear gear horn until just before touchdown. Pilot was carrying added power due to crosswind

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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