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Small aircraft engine begins running rough so pilot makes precautionary landing at non tower airport that turns out to be closed for construction activity.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 149729 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199006 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bum |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 400 flight time type : 60 |
| ASRS Report | 149729 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Rough engine dictated precautionary landing for magneto check. Oil on bottom of right magneto indicated problem. Corrective action to repair oil seal was taken. Airport was closed due to construction in area. (Extending runway). Two low passes over the airport revealed no construction being done at this time and no workmen in the area. Airport was completely safe for a landing under the circumstances.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA ENGINE BEGINS RUNNING ROUGH SO PLT MAKES PRECAUTIONARY LNDG AT NON TWR ARPT THAT TURNS OUT TO BE CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.
Narrative: ROUGH ENG DICTATED PRECAUTIONARY LNDG FOR MAGNETO CHK. OIL ON BOTTOM OF R MAGNETO INDICATED PROB. CORRECTIVE ACTION TO REPAIR OIL SEAL WAS TAKEN. ARPT WAS CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION IN AREA. (EXTENDING RWY). TWO LOW PASSES OVER THE ARPT REVEALED NO CONSTRUCTION BEING DONE AT THIS TIME AND NO WORKMEN IN THE AREA. ARPT WAS COMPLETELY SAFE FOR A LNDG UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.