# Incident 20141009017789I: Piper PA-28-181, Crystal, MN, October 9, 2014 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 9, 2014, 14:30 local time - Place: Crystal, MN - Airport: Crystal - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10 - Aircraft: N92505, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92505) (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-360-A4M - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 369 total, 155 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141009017789I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM MIC TO STP, AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 32L AT MIC, THE PILOT STATED THAT A TURN TO THE EAST WAS INITIATED PER INSTRUCTION OF ATC. A LOUD NOISE WAS THEN HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. PILOT CONTACTED ATC AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO MIC. ATC CONTROLLER INFORMED PILOT THAT SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE PILOT WAS TOLD BY ATC THAT THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO LAND ON ANY RUNWAY OF THEIR CHOOSING. AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO BE LANDED ON RUNWAY 32L WITH WHAT WAS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT AS THE ENGINE PRODUCING SOME POWER BUT NOT AS MUCH AS NORMAL. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATION WAS LOW. PILOT PROCEEDED TO TAXIWAY A AND THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE PRIOR TO REACHING TAXIWAY E. AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF OIL WAS NOTED LEAKING FROM THE COWLING. ## Other reports on N92505 (4) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20231129019049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231129019049A), Nov 29, 2023: Piper PA-28-181 (N92505), Glencoe, MN, Substantial damage. Approximately 5 seconds after touchdown several deer ran accross the runway. 1 deer was hit with the propeller and a second deer impacted the engine cowling.… - [Incident 20210430002789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210430002789I), Apr 30, 2021: Piper PA-28-181 (N92505), New Ulm, MN, Minor damage. 2021-04-30 N92505 solo private pilot student (sp) on the first solo cross country collapsed the nose gear on first landing attempt a kulm On the day of the… - [Accident 20030323003999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030323003999A), Mar 23, 2003: Piper PA28181 (N92505), Owatonna, MN, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft veered left off runway at touchdown. Pilot used power to minimize damage as airplane crossed taxiway and two ditches. Winds 60 degree right… - [Accident 19951116036659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951116036659A), Nov 16, 1995: Piper PA28181 (N92505), Edwards, CA, Substantial damage. Lost brakes taxi for takeoff. Found fluid leaking and smoking brake. Fire erupted. Brakes showed over use. Heated. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.