# Incident 19960510017709I: Piper PA28181, Langhorne, PA, May 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1996, 18:11 local time
- Place: Langhorne, PA
- Airport: Buehl Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1775° N, 74.9234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Langhorne, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1775&lon=-74.9234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75305, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75305) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960510017709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 10, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 1811 HOURS, A PIPER PA-28-181 (ARCHER), N75305 PILOTED BY ERNEST H. BUEHL, A CFI AND HIS STUDENT NEIL D. BLUEBOND, EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTIES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. AT ABOUT 400 FEET, THE PLANE'S ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE APPROACHING A TREE LINE. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT BUEHL TOOK CONTROL AND WAS ABLE TO REGAIN POWER TO THE ENGINE AND CLEAR THE TREES. THE ENGINE AGAIN LOST POWER AND BUEHL MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A RECENTLY CLEARED MUDDY FIELD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED FOR THIS LOCAL FLIGHT. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR HIS STUDENT WERE INJURED, THEY EXITED THE AIRPLANE AND WALKED BACK TO NEARBY BUEHL FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A COLLAPSED LEFT LANDING GEAR AND MINOR FUSELAGE DAMAGE. ALLENTOWN MAINTENANCE ASI'S WILL VISIT THE OPERATOR AT BUEHL FIELD TO DETERMINE WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WAS WRONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE. INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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