# Incident 19940109002399I: Piper PA32301, Alexandria, LA, January 9, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1994, 08:21 local time
- Place: Alexandria, LA
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2934° N, 92.4702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alexandria, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2934&lon=-92.4702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8423P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8423P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940109002399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1994, AT 0821, A PIPER, MODEL PA-32-301, AIRCRAFT, N8423P MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON INTERSTATE 49, THREE MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON CLIMB OUT AFTER DEPARTING FROM RUNWAY 32 AT ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. UPON REACHING 1,200 FEET THE ENGINE FAILED. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE VALVE TRAIN WAS TOTALLY INOPERATIVE. AN M OR D REPORT WILL FOLLOW. THE ENGINE WILL BE RETURNED TO TEXTRON LYCOMING FOR OVERHAUL. AN ENGINE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING SEQUENCE.

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