# Incident 20000905028709I: Piper PA28*, Lancaster, CA, September 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2000, 08:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5383W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5383W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28 (registry code 7102801, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28*
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000905028709I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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