# Incident 20090704011279I: Piper PA28R200, Sunriver, OR, July 4, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2009, 16:55 local time
- Place: Sunriver, OR
- Airport: Sunriver
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8763° N, 121.4531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUNRIVER (S21), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8763&lon=-121.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8991E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8991E-2011-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 30 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/20090704011279I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS LANDED AT SUNRIVER TO REFUEL.  WEATHER WAS 90 DEGREES F., LIGHT WIND, AIRPORT ELEVATION 4126.  REFUELED AIRPLANE UP TO 38 GALLONS TOTAL FUEL, LOADED 100 POUNDS BAGGAGE, AND 3 MEN IN AIRCRAFT OF AVERAGE WEIGHT.  ENGINE RUNUP FOULED PLUGS AND ENGINE QUIT DURING PRE-TAKEOFF CHECKS.  PILOTS LEANED MIXTURE TO PEAK EGT AND LEFT MIXTURE IN THAT POSITION FOR PROLONGED TAXI TO OPPOSITE END OF RUNWAY TO CHANGE DIRECTION OF TAKEOFF.  ADDITIONAL RUNUP WITH MIXTURE IN PEAK EGT POSITION PERFORMED, AND SHORTFIELD TAKEOFF EXECUTEDON RWY 36 WITHOUT EVER ADJUSTING MIXTURE TO FULL POWER.  PILOT REPORTS USING 1/2 RUNWAY BEFORE BREAKING GROUND, AND ONLY GAINING 50 TO 100 FEET ALTITUDE BY END OF RUNWAY.  SECOND PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OVER CONTROLS AT TREES AT END OF RUNWAY, AND REPORTED ENGINE WAS LOOSING POWER.  AIRSPEED DROPPED TO STALL SPEED AND STALL WARNING HORN ACTIVATED.  PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP IN GRASS CLEARING DIRECTLY OFF END OF RUNWAY.  LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL, NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  FOLLOW UP PLANNED FOR BOTH PILOTS ON DENSITY ALTITUDE AND OPERATION OF FUEL INJECTION ENGINE AT HIGH TEMPERATURES.

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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