# Incident 19790901033759I: Piper PA28140, Englewood, CO, September 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1979, 19:31 local time
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Airport: Arapahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6908° N, 105.5047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARAPAHOE (CD19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6908&lon=-105.5047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5686U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5686U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790901033759I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER POWER LOSS. FOUND WATER IN FUEL. AX

## Other reports on N5686U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970810027479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970810027479I), Aug 10, 1997: Piper PA28140 (N5686U), Bountiful, UT. Narrative: pilot fueled aircraft and placed fuel selector on left tank. Pilot boarded his two dogs and upon his entry into the aircraft found them both on the…

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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