# Incident 20140616010259I: Piper PA-32R-300, Bloomington, IN, June 16, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2014, 12:18 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1637° N, 86.5243° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1637&lon=-86.5243&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2236M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2236M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D (registry code 41598, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1g5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140616010259I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION:

N2236M, A PIPER LANCE AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED THE BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA AIRPORT IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED FLIGHT CONTROL ISSUES AND REQUESTED A RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AT BLOOMINGTON WITH NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE BEING REPORTED. THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

CAUSAL/CONTRIBUTING FACTOR:

THE PILOT'S UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE AIRCRAFTS AUTOPILOT AND TRIM SYSTEM.

RECOMMENDATION:

A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS PRIOR TO FLIGHT

COMMENTS:   NONE

ROOT CAUSE:   RC4

## Other reports on N2236M (1)

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

- [Incident 20130523008219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130523008219I), May 23, 2013: Piper PA-32R-300 (N2236M), Bloomington, IN, Minor damage. The pilot flew from evansville Indiana (evv) to the Bloomington, Indiana (bmg) on an IFR flight plan. Upon arrival over bmg he was in instrument conditions so…

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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