# Incident 20240831011919I: Piper PA-18-150, Battle Lake, MN, August 31, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2024, 12:00 local time
- Place: Battle Lake, MN
- Airport: Battle Lake Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3000° N, 95.7003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BATTLE LAKE MUNI (00MN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3000&lon=-95.7003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82196, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82196) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (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-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240831011919I

## Narrative

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

PIC OVERFLEW THE AIRPORT AND ENTERED A LH DOWNWIND. PIC TURNED ABOUT A ONE MILE BASE AND REDUCED POWER FOR DESCENT AND LANDING. AS APPROACHING TURN TO FINAL, PIC DETERMINED THE WIND WAS STRONGER THAN FIRST THOUGHT AND WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE LOW ON APPROACH. PIC WENT TO ADD A LITTLE POWER AND THE THROTTLE MOVED FORWARD SLIGHTLY BUT DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT AND THE ENGINE DIDN'T RESPOND. AT THIS TIME PIC TURNED DIRECT TO THE THRESHOLD AND CHECKED THE MIXTURE AND FUEL SELECTOR WHICH WERE IN THE PROPER POSITIONS. PIC FURTHER TRIED ADVANCING POWER BUT GOT NO RESPONSE, THE ENGINE WAS STILL IDLING, HOWEVER. WHEN PIC DETERMINED HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE RUNWAY HE ADDED FULL FLAPS AND PREPARED TO LAND IN A FARM FIELD JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WITH CORN APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET TALL. THE PIC PROCEEDED TO FLARE AND PULLED MIXTURE TO IDLE CUT OFF AND TURNED OFF THE BATTERY MASTER. THE AIRPLANE ENTERED THE CORN IN A 3-POINT ATTITUDE AND SLOWLY TURNED OVER AS IT CAME TO A STOP.

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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