What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On July 8th 2023 a CFI and a student pilot departed in privacy data omittedfrom kfco. Upon a touch and go at 100FT AGL the aircraft was reported be operating roughly and excessive vibrations. The CFI took control of the flight and notified the kfco tower of the full power loss and had to land in a field north of e colfax ave. aircraft was brought back to privacy data omittedflight school hanagr and maintenance technicians began to troubleshoot. Technicians found a bent exhaust push rod and a retaining stud sheared. Aircraft and engine was inspected by ASI privacy data omitted and logbook entries were reviewed. Power loss occurred due to push rod failure and maintenance technicians were made aware of this known issue and service bulletin. All damaged parts on the O-320 were replaced.
As the FAA filed it
ON JULY 8TH 2023 A CFI AND A STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^FROM KFCO. UPON A TOUCH AND GO AT 100FT AGL THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED BE OPERATING ROUGHLY AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS. THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE FLIGHT AND NOTIFIED THE KFCO TOWER OF THE FULL POWER LOSS AND HAD TO LAND IN A FIELD NORTH OF E COLFAX AVE. AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^FLIGHT SCHOOL HANAGR AND MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS BEGAN TO TROUBLESHOOT. TECHNICIANS FOUND A BENT EXHAUST PUSH ROD AND A RETAINING STUD SHEARED. AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE WAS INSPECTED BY ASI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND LOGBOOK ENTRIES WERE REVIEWED. POWER LOSS OCCURRED DUE TO PUSH ROD FAILURE AND MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE AND SERVICE BULLETIN. ALL DAMAGED PARTS ON THE O-320 WERE REPLACED.
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