# Incident 20090525006939I: Piper PA28140, Lee Vining, CA, May 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2009, 09:45 local time
- Place: Lee Vining, CA
- Airport: Lee Vining
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9577° N, 119.1058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEE VINING (O24), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9577&lon=-119.1058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4499J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4499J) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 40 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090525006939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER AFTER DEPARTING LEE VINING (O24), CA, AIRPORT AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMEREGNCY AND LANDED ON AN ISLAND IN MONO LAKE.  REPORTS FROM AN AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC THAT RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE ISLAND, REPORTED THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE CARBURETOR FLOAT BOWL AREA.  AN 1A RECOVERING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE LEE VINING AIRPROT AND OPENED THE CARBURETOR AIR BOX AND FOUND A FIELD MOUSE IN THE INTAKE.  IA REMOVED THE MOUSE AND RAN ENGINE FOR FIVE MINUTES WITH NO PROBLEMS.

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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