# Incident 19990901028769I: Piper PA28180, Marquette, NE, September 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Marquette, NE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0063° N, 98.0098° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marquette, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0063&lon=-98.0098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5155L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5155L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990901028769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED GRAND ISLAND, NE, FOR DAVENPORT, IA, ON A VFR FLIGHT AT 1845Z ON 09/01/1999. 14 MILES EAST OF GRAND ISLAND, THE AIRCRAFT LOST VACUUM INSTRUMENTS.  PILOT REPORTED POWER LOSS AND ELECTED TO LAND IN A MILO FIELD RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER.  THE INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE FOUND THE VACUUM PUMP SHAFT SHEARED BUT COULD FIND NO CAUSE FOR LOSS OF POWER AS REPORTED BY THE PILOT.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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