# Incident 20191122022639I: Piper PA-28-161, Hanover, MN, November 22, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2019, 14:15 local time
- Place: Hanover, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: T5US
- Location: 45.1578° N, 93.6628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hanover, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1578&lon=-93.6628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2240G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2240G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 404 total, 234 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191122022639I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE PRACTICE AREA ABOUT 50 NM FROM KMIC.  IT HAD BEEN FLYING 1.4 HRS.  THE STUDENT WAS NOT FEELING GOOD SO THE RETURN TO BASE BEGAN AT 4000 FT, THE INSTRUCTOR WAS DOING ALL THE FLYING THE STUDENT PILOT JUST SITTING BACK.  APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES OUT, DESCENT TO 3000 FT TOOK PLACE.  PIC STATES HE TURNED CARB HEAT ON FOR DESCENT.  UPON LEVEL OFF HE SHUT THE CARB HEAT OFF.  AFTER 2-3 MINUTES OF FLIGHT AT 3000 FT THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND LOSING POWER.  PIC STATES HE MOVED THE THROTTLE TO FULL, THEN PULLED IT BACK AND FORTH A FEW TIMES, THEN COMPLETE POWER  LOSS, ENGINE IDLED OUT.  NOW PIC STARTED TROUBLE SHOOTING, HE VERIFIED FUEL SELECTOR, MAGS IN BOTH, MIXTURE RICH, FUEL PUMP ON, THEN CARB HEAT ON, AND TRIED CYCLING THROTTLE BACK AND FORTH.  ENGINE DID NOT COME BACK TO LIFE.  PIC SQUAWKED 7700, GOT OUT A MAYDAY CALL TO KMIC TOWER AND MADE A NICE LANDING WITH APPROXIMATELY A 500 FT ROLL OUT IN PLOWED FIELD.  PERFORMED SHUTDOWN AND EGRESS.  COMPANY MECHANICS JOINED FAA ON SCENE.  ONLY NOTICEABLE DAMAGE WAS FRONT STRUT.  COCKPIT PHOTOS REVEALED ELECTRICAL POWER STILL ON PLANE, CARB HEAT SELECTOR WAS OFF, MIXTURE OFF.  FUEL SAMPLES, ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP, NO LEAKS, HAND MOTOR COMPRESSION ALL CHECKED GOOD.  SURFACE TEMP WAS -3, DP -5 FOR 3 DEGREE SPREAD.  AS SUN WAS SETTING THAT EVENING FROST FORMED ON ALL METAL VEHICLES AND MAILBOXES.  PIC STATED HE WAS NOT WORRIED ABOUT CARB ICE BECAUSE IT WAS A CLEAR DAY.  THE NEXT DAY THE AIRPLANE WAS TOWED OUT OF THE FIELD.  IT STARTED RIGHT UP.  FIELD REPAIR TO STRUT WAS PERFORMED.  AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN HOME BY MAINTENANCE PILOT, NOTHING TO NOTE.  AIRPLANE WENT INTO ANNUAL, NOTHING TO NOTE.

## Other reports on N2240G (2)

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

- [Incident 20040814020209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040814020209I), Aug 14, 2004: Piper PA28161 (N2240G), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Instructor and student were performing soft field landings at winsted (K10D) airport. After students' second soft field take-off, an observer on ground…
- [Incident 19850501040909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850501040909I), May 1, 1985: Piper PA28161 (N2240G), Crystal, MN, Minor damage. After clearing active runway, engine quit. Fire in engine compartment with restart attempt.

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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