# Incident 19991030034099I: Piper PA28161, Port Ludlow, WA, October 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Port Ludlow, WA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9144° N, 122.6959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Ludlow, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9144&lon=-122.6959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821CX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N821CX-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 22 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991030034099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM TACOMA NARROWS, WA TO FRIDAY HARBOR, WA THE ENGINE LOST POWER, NEAR PORT LUDLOW, WA DUE TO IGNITION HARNESS PROBLEMS. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING SOUTHBOUND ON CEDERGROVE DRIVE, PORT LUDLOW, JEFFERSON CO, WA THE CROSS STREET WAS WOOLRIDGE DRIVE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE RELATIVELY LOW TIME PILOT DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THIS EMERGENCY.

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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