# Incident 20000324018729I: Piper PA28140, Conroe, TX, March 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2000, 16:45 local time
- Place: Conroe, TX
- Airport: Montgomery  County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3119° N, 95.4561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conroe, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3119&lon=-95.4561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8866Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8866Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000324018729I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ACCORDING TO THE ATP PILOT THIS WAS HIS FIRST LONG CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT IN THE SIX MONTHS HE HAD OWNED THE AIRPLANE. HE HAD BEEN IN-FLIGHT FOR 6 HOURS AND ZERO MINUTES WHEN THE ENGINE "SPUTTERED" AND HE EXECUTED AN ENGINE OUT EMERGENCY LANDING TO A 4 LANE UNDIVIDED HIGHWAY JUST 10 MILES AWAY FROM HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT.  THE POWER-OFF LANDING WAS OTHERWISE UNEVENTFUL AND WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BLOCKING TRAFFIC HE AMDE A NORMAL TAKE-OFF FROM THE SAME HIGHWAY AFTER FUELING THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N8866Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20210925022409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210925022409I), Sep 25, 2021: Piper PA-28-140 (N8866Y), Edgewood, NM, Minor damage. On September 25, 2021, about 1130 MDT, a Piper PA28, N8866Y, [privacy data omitted], was damaged when it was involved in an incident at the sandia airpark…

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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