# Incident 19951216046069I: Piper PA24250, Walnut Ridge, AR, December 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1995, 14:30 local time
- Place: Walnut Ridge, AR
- Airport: Walnut Ridge Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1247° N, 90.9251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALNUT RIDGE RGNL (ARG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1247&lon=-90.9251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7171P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7171P-2018-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951216046069I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT; ON DECEMBER 16, 1995, A PIPER PA-24-250, N7171P ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM CHATTANOOGA, TN TO TULSA (RIVERSIDE), OK DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AFTER THE ENGINE FAILED AT APPROX. 4500 FT. MSL. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED VECTORS TO WALNUT RIDGE REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT 1430 CST. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: NONE. TEST AND RESEARCH: MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COULD NOT DETERMINE ANY MECHANICAL REASON FOR THE ENGINE TO QUIT OTHER THAN CARBURETOR ICING, AND CARB. HEAT, AND STATEMENTS FROM OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE AFTER INCIDENT TROUBLESHOOTING AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PILOT, CONCUR THAT CARB. ICING PROBABLY DID OCCUR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N7171P (1)

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

- [Accident 20120514012489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120514012489A), May 14, 2012: Piper PA-24-250 (N7171P), Shawnee, OK, Substantial damage. The event occurred as follows from statements and collected data. The Piper comanche 250 N7171P [privacy data omitted] departed form pwa (wiley post) at just…

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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