# Incident 19840520038269I: Piper PA28140, Waco, TX, May 20, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1984, 20:15 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Flying Heart Ranc
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5493° N, 97.1467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waco, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5493&lon=-97.1467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N530FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N530FL-1988-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 940 total, 0 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840520038269I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. LANDED IN OPEN FIELD. FOUND SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. NO RECORDS. PLANE OUT OF ANNUAL.

## Other reports on N530FL (1)

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

- [Accident 19871011059589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871011059589A), Oct 11, 1987: Piper PA28140 (N530FL), Lordsburg, NM, Substantial damage. Throttle cable broke while approaching airport. Engine went to idle. Hit a post while landing on a road. Overturned

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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