41.1400° N, 104.8202° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Cheyenne, WY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 27, 1985 · 13:30 local
Place
Cheyenne, WY
Airport
Cheyenne
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8007X
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540S1AD
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total150 in this make and model105 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine began to surge during practice approach landed in field when obvious they could not make airport.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE DURING PRACTICE APPROACH LANDED IN FIELD WHEN OBVIOUS THEY COULD NOT MAKE AIRPORT.