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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Brownsboro, AL · April 13, 2010

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Date
April 13, 2010 · 13:30 local
Place
Brownsboro, AL
Airport
Moontown Airport
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N16348
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
917 total767 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days
N16348Registered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7325249 · Built 1973Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed runway 9 to the north. Three minutes into the flight while climbing the engine lost all power. Emergency procedures were initiated and pilot made an uneventful landing in a corn field 4 miles north, north east of K3M5. No visible damage to aircraft or landing gear. Inspection of engine revealed a collapsed intake air hose from the air intake air filter to the carburator air box. Air intake hose was replaced and engine ran normally.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 9 TO THE NORTH. THREE MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT WHILE CLIMBING THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE INITIATED AND PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN A CORN FIELD 4 MILES NORTH, NORTH EAST OF K3M5. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR LANDING GEAR. INSPECTION OF ENGINE REVEALED A COLLAPSED INTAKE AIR HOSE FROM THE AIR INTAKE AIR FILTER TO THE CARBURATOR AIR BOX. AIR INTAKE HOSE WAS REPLACED AND ENGINE RAN NORMALLY.