# Incident 20120105000399I: Piper PA-28-181, Springfield, IL, January 5, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2012, 16:59 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Abraham Lincoln Capital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8446° N, 89.6776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL (SPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8446&lon=-89.6776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2182B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2182B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 58 total, 43 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120105000399I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKE-OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET THE UPPER ENGINE COWLING WAS OBSERVED BY THE STUDENT PILOT TO "LIFT UP".  THE STUDENT PILOT REDUCED THE THROTTLE, LOWERED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AND THE COWLING THEN SEPERATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N2182B (2)

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

- [Incident 20181122022809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181122022809I), Nov 22, 2018: Piper PA-28-181 (N2182B), Springfield, IL, Minor damage. On November 22, 2018 at approximately 19:00 central savings time (CST), a Piper PA-28-181 aircraft, N2182B, registered to flying 20 club incorporated and…
- [Incident 20170422003899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170422003899I), Apr 22, 2017: Piper PA-28-181 (N2182B), Springfield, IL, Minor damage. While taxing back to parking post-flight the aircraft struck a utility trailer parked beside an aircraft hanger with the left wing of the aircraft, causing…

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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