# Incident 20180727018129I: Piper PA-28-181, Alexandria, MN, July 27, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2018, 18:23 local time
- Place: Alexandria, MN
- Airport: Chandler Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8663° N, 95.3947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Chandler Field (AXN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8663&lon=-95.3947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4015J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4015J-2022-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 80 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/20180727018129I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  LEFT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT (FCM) AT 1715.  PILOT PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO AT CHANDLER FIELD (AXN). THE ENGINE STOPPED DURING CLIMBOUT.  TURNED BACK TOWARD AXN AND LANDED IN LAKE WEST OF AIRPORT AT 1823.

## Other reports on N4015J (2)

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

- [Incident 20120711014279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120711014279I), Jul 11, 2012: Piper PA-28-181 (N4015J), Eden Prairie, MN, No damage. During cruise flight the engine began to run rough. Pilot states that performed the "engine power loss in flight" checklist twice. He also states that he…
- [Incident 19981111041179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981111041179I), Nov 11, 1998: Piper PA28181 (N4015J), Mankato, MN. (-23) At 0700 on 11-11-98, identity expunged(PIC)departed cgx (chicago) IFR enroute to mkt in a PA-28, N4015J. The flight was vectored considerably in…

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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