# Incident 20090730048539I: Piper PA-18, Brainerd, MN, July 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2009, 19:54 local time
- Place: Brainerd, MN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3553° N, 94.1984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brainerd, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3553&lon=-94.1984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7752Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7752Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 775 total, 625 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090730048539I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 5 AT BRAINERD MN, MADE LEFT TURN. JUST AFTER LEVELING OFF THE ENGINE RPM STARTED TO DROP. AS RPM KEPT DROPPING PILOT FOUND A PLACE TO LAND ON THE RIVER, IN A WILD RICE PADDY. BECAUSE AIRCRAFT HAD TUNDRA TIRES  IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE RICE AND NEVER DID NOSE OVER.

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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