# Incident 19981223042169I: Piper PA24250, Sandy Valley, NV, December 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1998, 15:40 local time
- Place: Sandy Valley, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8169° N, 115.6322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandy Valley, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8169&lon=-115.6322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7181P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7181P) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 750 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981223042169I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT ACCOMPLISHED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A RURAL DIRT ROAD AFTER EXPERIENCING A POWER LOSS. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N7181P (1)

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

- [Incident 20170908020759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170908020759I), Sep 8, 2017: Piper PA-24-250 (N7181P), Edgewood, NM, Minor damage. On September 8, 2017, at 1000 MST, a Piper PA-24-250, N7181P, [privacy data omitted] the pilot landed gear up at Sandia Estates airport (1N1), Edgewood NM…

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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