# Incident 20110420005989I: Piper PA-28-180, Kent, WA, April 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2011, 15:55 local time
- Place: Kent, WA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3276° N, 122.2267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN MUNI (S50), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3276&lon=-122.2267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5163S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5163S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110420005989I

## Narrative

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

ON 4/20/2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1555 PDT, PIPER PA-28-180 AIRCRAFT, N5163S, SUFFERED A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER DURING CLIMB OUT FROM AUBURN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (S50). AFTER COMPLETING A NORMAL RUN-UP AND SYSTEMS CHECK, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED S50 ON RUNWAY 16 UNDER VFR ON A PART 91 INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHT WITH  TWO CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOTS ON BOARD. UPON REACHING 1000' AGL ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND WOULD NOT DEVELOP SUFFICIENT POWER TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND TURNED A CLOSE-IN BASE LEG FOR RUNWAY 16. HOWEVER, HE DETERMINED HE WAS TOO HIGH TO PERFORM A SAFE LANDING ON THE AIRPORT AND HE SELECTED AN OPEN PASTURE WEST OF THE AIRPORT TO AVOID THE CONGESTED AREAS SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A FORCED LANDING. NIETHER OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP STROBE LIGHT AND A SMALL INDENTATION TO THE CENTER PANEL OF THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE.

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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