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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Springtown, TX · October 9, 1998

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Date
October 9, 1998 · 14:50 local
Place
Springtown, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Aircraft
N3896F
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
360 total35 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N3896FRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7635376Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-5)October 9, 1998, at 1430 CDT, a Piper PA28, N3896F, registered to gerald wayne mccombs, force landed in a field west of eagle mountain lake while on a training flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was not damaged and the certificated flight instructor and student pilot were uninjured. The flight originated at hicks airfield in fort worth Texas, on October 9, 1998, at 1400 CDT. The pilot stated that the aircraft experienced a complete power loss.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)OCTOBER 9, 1998, AT 1430 CDT, A PIPER PA28, N3896F, REGISTERED TO GERALD WAYNE MCCOMBS, FORCE LANDED IN A FIELD WEST OF EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HICKS AIRFIELD IN FORT WORTH TEXAS, ON OCTOBER 9, 1998, AT 1400 CDT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE POWER LOSS.