# Incident 19950312006249I: Piper PA28140, Hanford, CA, March 12, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1995, 15:45 local time
- Place: Hanford, CA
- Airport: Hanford Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3167° N, 119.6277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANFORD MUNI (HJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3167&lon=-119.6277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8742N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8742N-2013-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 241 total, 60 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950312006249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 03-12-95 MOHOHAMED HELAL WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A PA-28-140, N8742N, WHICH WAS ON AN IFR CROSS COUNTRY FROM CORONA, CA. TO HAYWARD, CA. WITH A STOP IN BAKERSFIELD, CA. MR. HELAL AND A PRIVATE PILOT PASSENGER HAD STOPPED FOR LUNCH AT BAKERSFIELD. WHILE ENROUTE TO HAYWARD, MR. HELAL BECAME VERY SICK AND COULD NOT CONTINUE TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT. MR. HELAL HAD TO CRAWL INTO THE BACK SEAT AND HIS PASSENGER HAD TO SWITCH SEATS AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN HANFORD, CA. TO GET HELP FOR Mr. HELAL. AFTER LANDING MR. HELAL REFUSED MEDICAL HELP, BUT DID CHECK INTO A HOTEL IN HANFORD AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO CORONA THE NEXT DAY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8742N (1)

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

- [Accident 19950715018749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950715018749A), Jul 15, 1995: Piper PA28140 (N8742N), Big Bear, CA, Destroyed. Lost partial power on climbout. Tried land open area. Hit brush short. No defects. Misjudged density altitude power

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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