# Incident 19960303005149I: Piper PA28161, Midlothian, TX, March 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1996, 09:10 local time
- Place: Midlothian, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4824° N, 96.9944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midlothian, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4824&lon=-96.9944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2238P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2238P-2011-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 20 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960303005149I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MARCH 3, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 AM CDT, PIPER (PA-28-161) N2238P S/N28-7916280 OWNED BY JAMES P. DAVIS AND OPERATING OUT OF AERO DYNAMICS AT ARLINGTON AIRPORT (F54) WAS PILOTED BY JAMES W. JONES ON HIS WAY FROM CAMERON, TX (T35) GOING TO ARLINGTON AIRPORT (F54). THE PILOT WAS DESCENDING FROM 2800' TO 2500' WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER. THE PILOT RADIOED RBD ATCT THEN EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD SOUTH OF JOE POOLE LAKE, ELLIS COUNTY. ONLY THE PILOT WAS ON THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. END

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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