# Incident 20140308003489I: Piper PA-28-140, Minot, ND, March 8, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2014, 17:23 local time
- Place: Minot, ND
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2361° N, 101.2776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minot, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2361&lon=-101.2776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1794T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1794T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 300 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140308003489I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM MINOT, ND AT APPROX 1723 LOCAL TIME. TWELVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINOT CLIMBING THROUGH 6600 FEET, THE ENGINE BECAME NOISY AND WAS RATTLING VERY LOUD.  THE PILOT LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT AND TRIED DIFFERENT POWER SETTINGS IN ATTEMPT TO SMOOTH THE ENGINE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING ALTITUDE AND THE PILOT DETERMINED HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND NOTIFIED ATC.  HE LINED UP TO LAND ON A GRAVEL ROAD, SAW IT WAS FILLED WITH SNOW AND BORDERED BY POWERLINES THEN DECIDED TO LAND IN AN ADJACENT FIELD.  DURING INVESTIGATION I DETERMINED THAT THE #1 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD FAILED AT THE WRIST PIN END CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE CASE AND CYLINDER.

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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