20000905028709I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28 · Lancaster, CA · September 5, 2000

Date
September 5, 2000 · 08:00 local
Place
Lancaster, CA
Airport
Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5383W
Reported as
Piper PA28*
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)privacy data omitted stated that all systems checked normal. After take off and climbing through eight hundered feet the engine quit without any roughness or back-firing. privacy data omitted Felt that the runway was not an option, so he performed an off-field landing. Resulting in a damaged nose gear and engine mount. The aircraft was quickly removed from the landing sight and placed in a hanger, assisted by the airport manager, all within an hour of the incident. The aircraft was located in a hanger and inspected along with the maintenance records and pilot documents. Maintenance and pilot records were found to be in order.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA^ STATED THAT ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED NORMAL. AFTER TAKE OFF AND CLIMBING THROUGH EIGHT HUNDERED FEET THE ENGINE QUIT WITHOUT ANY ROUGHNESS OR BACK-FIRING. ^PRIVACY D^ FELT THAT THE RUNWAY WAS NOT AN OPTION, SO HE PERFORMED AN OFF-FIELD LANDING. RESULTING IN A DAMAGED NOSE GEAR AND ENGINE MOUNT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS QUICKLY REMOVED FROM THE LANDING SIGHT AND PLACED IN A HANGER, ASSISTED BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER, ALL WITHIN AN HOUR OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED IN A HANGER AND INSPECTED ALONG WITH THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND PILOT DOCUMENTS. MAINTENANCE AND PILOT RECORDS WERE FOUND TO BE IN ORDER.