# Accident 20260530009049A: Piper PA-28-235, Montevideo, MN, May 30, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2026, 19:30 local time
- Place: Montevideo, MN
- Airport: Montevideo-Chippewa County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9692° N, 95.7104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTEVIDEO-CHIPPEWA COUNTY (MVE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9692&lon=-95.7104&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15291, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 453 total, 48 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260530009049A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 30, 2026, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE ON APPROACH AFTER CONDUCTING A LOCAL FLIGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND A HALF. AFTER APPLYING CARBURETOR HEAT, THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY AND LANDED SHORT, IMPACTING TERRAIN AND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WING WHEN THE GEAR CAME UP THROUGH THE WING STRUCTURE. SUSPECTED CAUSE OF POWER LOSS IS IMPROPER TIMING OF THE APPLICATION OF CARBURETOR HEAT, CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER WITH INADEQUATE TIME FOR RECOVERY

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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