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The pilot of a PA28-180 reported an engine problem during takeoff toward IMC conditions. A low altitude return to the field was made in VFR conditions below the ceiling.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1343327 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201603 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Engine |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 7600 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Landed from IFR flight for fuel and update on weather for flight to home base. Upon rotation from runway; the engine started backfiring. With no remaining runway left; I called tower and said I was going to land on [a different runway]. They cleared me to land and I successfully landed and taxied to ramp. Repair station on field determined the problem to be with exhaust stack and muffler. Tower did call a fire truck out to the ramp however.while this may not seem to be that big of an occurrence; there is one major takeaway from this event. Mainly plan an IFR departure in low ceiling conditions carefully. I was very lucky because I was able to maneuver the aircraft at a low altitude on essentially an upwind on [departure runway] then base to final on [another runway] while maintaining visual contact with the terrain and the runway.going forward when I depart IFR from an airport with a single runway; I will make sure I have enough ceiling and visibility to allow either a full pattern at sufficient and safe altitude back to the departure runway or execute a 180 degree turn back for landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The pilot of a PA28-180 reported an engine problem during takeoff toward IMC conditions. A low altitude return to the field was made in VFR conditions below the ceiling.
Narrative: Landed from IFR flight for fuel and update on weather for flight to home base. Upon rotation from runway; the engine started backfiring. With no remaining runway left; I called tower and said I was going to land on [a different runway]. They cleared me to land and I successfully landed and taxied to ramp. Repair station on field determined the problem to be with exhaust stack and muffler. Tower did call a fire truck out to the ramp however.While this may not seem to be that big of an occurrence; there is one major takeaway from this event. Mainly plan an IFR departure in low ceiling conditions carefully. I was very lucky because I was able to maneuver the aircraft at a low altitude on essentially an upwind on [departure runway] then base to final on [another runway] while maintaining visual contact with the terrain and the runway.Going forward when I depart IFR from an airport with a single runway; I will make sure I have enough ceiling and visibility to allow either a full pattern at sufficient and safe altitude back to the departure runway or execute a 180 degree turn back for landing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.