# Incident 19981009038579I: Piper PA28R200, Springtown, TX, October 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1998, 14:50 local time
- Place: Springtown, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 32.9693° N, 97.6804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springtown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9693&lon=-97.6804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3896F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3896F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 35 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981009038579I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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