# Incident 20000518034759I: Piper PA28180, Dequeen, AR, May 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2000, 14:20 local time
- Place: Dequeen, AR
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0422° N, 94.3421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of De Queen, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0422&lon=-94.3421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9350J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9350J) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000518034759I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PIPER PA-28, N9350J, WAS ENROUTE ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH AN INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) ACCOMPANYING THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED OWNER/PILOT. CFI CHANGED FLIGHT PLAN TO IFR DURING ENROUTE PHASE DUE TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  DURING FLIGHT IN CLOUDS THE VACUUM PUMP IMPELLER SHAFT FAILED,RENDERING THE ARTIFICAL HORIZON AND DIRECTIONAL GYRO INOPERATIVE.  THE CFI ACTED AS PILOT IN COMMAND AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE PILOT/OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE HAD THE VACUUM PUMP IMPELER SHAFT REPLACED.

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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