# Incident 20220622010869I: Piper PA-28-180, Lone Rock, WI, June 22, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2022, 18:06 local time
- Place: Lone Rock, WI
- Airport: Tri-County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2119° N, 90.1798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-COUNTY RGNL (LNR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2119&lon=-90.1798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5152S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5152S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220622010869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED KIGQ AT 1730 CENTRAL TIME ON 06/22/2022 IN VFR CONDITIONS GOING TO KLSE. ABOUT 45 MINUTES OUT FROM KLSE AT 3500 FT MSL PILOT HEARD A LOUD BOOM AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER FROM A CRUISE SETTING DOWN TO 1800-1700 RPM. WHILE LOSING ALTITUDE PILOT ADDED CARB HEAT AND THEN MIXTURE FULL RICH. NO CHANGE. PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS. NO CHANGE. COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. ESTABLISHED BEST GLIDE SPEED AND DIALED IN 121.5 CALLING OUT FOR ASSISTANCE. AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER AND ANOTHER PILOT IN THE AREA RESPONDED. COULD NOT MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH ATC. PILOT PUSHED "DIRECT TO" ON THE ONBOARD GPS LOOKING FOR NEAREST AIRPORT. KLNR TRI-COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR LONE ROCK, WI WAS THE CLOSEST.  PILOT PROCEEDED TO KLNR AND SAW THE AIRPORT IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE THE PILOT SPIRALED DOWN AND SET UP TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18, THE SHORTEST RUNWAY. THE LONG RUNWAY 9/27 WAS CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE HARD SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. OVERRAN PAST A ROAD AND INTO A FARMER'S FIELD. MINIMAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. NO INJURY TO PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT. SAUK COUNTY POLICE RESPONDED TO THE 911 CALL. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A HANGAR AT THE KLNR AIRPORT. LOCAL MECHANIC'S INSPECTION FOUND A LARGE CRACK IN THE ENGINE'S #2 CYLINDER. PILOT ACTED APPROPRIATELY BY GETTING THE AIRPORT BACK ON THE GROUND SAFELY. INCIDENT IS LISTED AS AN IN-FLIGHT ENGINE MECHANICAL.

## Other reports on N5152S (1)

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

- [Accident 20220928017279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220928017279A), Sep 28, 2022: Piper PA-28-180 (N5152S), Shell Lake, WI, Substantial damage. 09-28-2022 [privacy data omitted] struck a deer while landing at Shell Lake WI. During the flare on landing the aircraft struck a deer with the left wing.…

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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