# Incident 19850310025099I: Piper PA28140, Hunting Valley, OH, March 10, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1985, 15:20 local time
- Place: Hunting Valley, OH
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4844° N, 81.4128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hunting Valley, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4844&lon=-81.4128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40973, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40973-1990-03-13) (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 O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 195 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850310025099I

## Narrative

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

PARTIAL POWER LOSS IN FLIGHT, SAFE LANDING. PART OF EXHAUST VALVE HEAD WAS MISSING.

## Other reports on N40973 (1)

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

- [Accident 19890618016089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890618016089A), Jun 18, 1989: Piper STCPA28 (N40973), Albany, OH, Substantial damage. Engine lost power on climbout. Tried to return but crashed in a private yard. NR4 exhaust valve had seized.

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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