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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Owatonna, MN · July 15, 2023

Date
July 15, 2023 · 14:00 local
Place
Owatonna, MN
Airport
Owatonna Degner Regional
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
NUTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N348MK
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-B4A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Shortly after departure the PIC reported a rough running engine with loss of power. Emergency was declared and PIC returned to airport landing with a tail wind. The PIC was unable to stop the aircraft on the runway, went off the end of the runway striking runway lighting. No injuries and minor damage. Inspection found broken fuel line at cyilnder #1 fuel injector.

As the FAA filed it

SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE PIC REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE WITH LOSS OF POWER. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND PIC RETURNED TO AIRPORT LANDING WITH A TAIL WIND. THE PIC WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY, WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING RUNWAY LIGHTING. NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE. INSPECTION FOUND BROKEN FUEL LINE AT CYILNDER #1 FUEL INJECTOR.