# Incident 20161007019939I: Piper PA-28-151, Lebanon, TN, October 7, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Lebanon, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2081° N, 86.2911° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lebanon, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2081&lon=-86.2911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33575, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33575) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (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-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 65 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161007019939I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT CLAIMED TO HAVE COMPLETED A SATISFACTORY RUNUP PRIOR TO DEPARTING LEBANON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (M54). HE STATED THAT ONCE HIS AIRCRAFT REACHED APPROXIMATELY 1,200 FEET MSL DURING THE CLIMBOUT, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER. HE CONDUCTED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FOR HIS SITUATION, VERIFYING THAT THE FUEL PRIMER, POWER SETTING, FUEL MIXTURE SETTING, AND MAGNETOS WERE ALL OKAY. HE DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH POWER TO CONTINUE CLIMBING SO HE COMMITTED TO LANDING IN A FIELD JUST SLIGHTLY TO THE WEST OF HIS CLIMBOUT HEADING AND LESS THAN 1 NM FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY HE HAD JUST DEPARTED FROM. HE SUCCESSFULLY LANDED WITHOUT CAUSING INJURY TO HIMSELF, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND WITH ONLY VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE FAA INSPECTORS WHO INVESTIGATED THIS INCIDENT FOUND THAT THE AIR INLET HOSE THAT CONNECTS THE AIR FILTER TO THE CARBURETOR HEAT BOX HAD COLLAPSED, RESTRICTING AIRFLOW TO THE ENGINE, AND CAUSING THE POWER LOSS THE PILOT HAD PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED. ALL APPROPRIATE AIRCRAFT INSPECTIONS HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT AND PROPERLY DOCUMENTED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED AND CURRENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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