# Incident 19880702054859I: Piper PA28161, Woodland, CA, July 2, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1988, 16:00 local time
- Place: Woodland, CA
- Airport: Watts-Woodland Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6739° N, 121.8721° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATTS-WOODLAND (O41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6739&lon=-121.8721&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8102C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8102C-1991-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 145 total, 145 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880702054859I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. VECTORED TO WOODLAND-WATTS. EXHAUST VALVE HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N8102C (1)

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

- [Accident 19900715025649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900715025649A), Jul 15, 1990: Piper PA28161 (N8102C), Garfield, CO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Too low to negotiate pass. Flew under wires then stalled from nose high turn into trees. Density altitude a factor.

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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