# Incident 19930107006439I: Piper PA28235, Yuma, AZ, January 7, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1993, 02:30 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7253° N, 114.6244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yuma, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7253&lon=-114.6244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8537N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8537N-2003-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,024 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930107006439I

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER AFTER TAKEOFF. ATTEMPTED TO RETURN. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N8537N (1)

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

- [Accident 19981018029669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981018029669A), Oct 18, 1998: Piper PA28235 (N8537N), Buffalo, WY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Airman filed a flight plan with huron afss from mobridge, south dakota direct to billings, Montana. His intended flight route did not enter Wyoming. He…

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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