# Incident 20090409005269I: Piper PA36300, Muleshoe, TX, April 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2009, 08:30 local time
- Place: Muleshoe, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LKRG
- Location: 34.2292° N, 102.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muleshoe, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2292&lon=-102.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82673, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82673-2014-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-300 (registry code 7103612, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 484 total, 212 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/20090409005269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAKEOFF AND CLIMB, POWER BEGAN TO DEGRADE DUE TO A POSSIBLE STUCK VALVE.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A SOFT PLOWED FIELD.  AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINRO DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER.

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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