# Incident 19951005042079I: Piper PA28180, Donaldsonville, LA, October 5, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1995, 17:30 local time
- Place: Donaldsonville, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0951° N, 90.9925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Donaldsonville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0951&lon=-90.9925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6624J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6624J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 600 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951005042079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. AN EMERGENCY LANDING SITE WAS SELECTED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERED INTO POSITION FOR A POWER-OFF LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD. POWER WAS RESTORED BY SWITCHING FUEL TANKS; HOWEVER, ALTITUDE WAS VERY LOW AND BEFORE CLIMB COULD BE INITIATED, AIRCRAFT STRUCK A WIRE.

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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