# Incident 20240621007169I: Piper PA-28-151, Colorado Spring, CO, June 21, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2024, 07:00 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N831TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N831TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (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-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,336 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240621007169I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/21/2024 AT APPROXIMATELY (07:05) HRS (MDT) COLORADO SPRINGS CO (KCOS). SHORTLY AFTER AIRCRAFT DEPARTURE RUNWAY 13 THE PILOT NOTICED A VIBRATION AND ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND CONTACTED DEPARTURE CONTROL REQUESTING RETURN TO RUNWAY 17L.  MINUTES LATER PILOT REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE AND DIDN’T THINK COULD MAKE IT BACK TO 17L. DEPARTURE COORDINATED WITH TOWER AND CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO LAND ANY SURFACE. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN GRASS AREA JUST EAST OF RUNWAY 17L. CRANKSHAFT PROP FLANGE, STARTER RING GEAR AND PROPELLER DEPARTED AIRCRAFT INFLIGHT. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT PART OF UPPER AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING. TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, NO INJURES, VISUAL METEOROGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) EXISTED DUTING THE TIME OF EVENT.

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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