# Incident 20100722038939I: Piper PA-18A150, Dias Creek, NJ, July 22, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2010, 11:40 local time
- Place: Dias Creek, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0890° N, 74.8804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dias Creek, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0890&lon=-74.8804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7271D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7271D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,052 total, 472 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100722038939I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED HE COMPLETED A PREFLIGHT, ENGINE RUN UP CONSISTING OF A MAGNETO CHECK AND CARBURETOR HEAT CHECK. BOTH CHECKS COMPLETED WIH NORMAL RESULTS. DEPARTED THE RUNWAY PICKED UP THE FIRST BANNER OF THE DAY @ 11:30. AT 11:40 AND 1,500 FEET THE ENGINE BEGAN STRUGGLING THE RPM DROPPED TO 1,000. SWITCHED FUEL TANKS,ENRICHED AND LEANED THE MIXTURE,PULLED CARBURETOR HEAT ON,AND CHECKED BOTH MAGNETOS FOR NORMAL OPERATION. NO RESPONCE RELEASED THE BANNER AND LANDED IN A MARSH.

## Other reports on N7271D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780815037079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780815037079A), Aug 15, 1978: Piper PA18A150 (N7271D), Wildwood, NJ, Minor damage. Forced landing due to broken exhaust valve.

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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