# Incident 19900704036419I: Piper PA28161, Blue Mound, TX, July 4, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1990, 19:46 local time
- Place: Blue Mound, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8543° N, 97.3384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blue Mound, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8543&lon=-97.3384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8148J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8148J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 104 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900704036419I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. RADIO AND OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT INOPERATIVE.

## Other reports on N8148J (2)

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

- [Incident 19910628038449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910628038449I), Jun 28, 1991: Piper PA28161 (N8148J), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. As aircraft was being run-up a transport was back taxiied on runway. Wake turbulence rocked aircraft damaging it.
- [Incident 19910418020999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910418020999I), Apr 18, 1991: Piper PA28161 (N8148J), Chicago, IL. Pilot did not respond to ATC communications while taxiing. Blocked runway. Escorted back to ramp.

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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