# Incident 20020628017169I: Piper PA32RT300, Watsonville, CA, June 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2002, 13:05 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82EB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82EB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,202 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020628017169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N82EB PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT. ON 06-28-2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1302 HRS PDT MY SON BLAKE AND I DEPARTED WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (WVI) AFTER A NORMAL RUN-UP. WE DEPARTED RUNWAY 20 WITH FULL POWER AND TURNED LEFT FOR A 45 DEGREE DEPARTURE TO THE SOUTH. WE WERE PASSING THROUGH 900 FT. WHEN I STARTED TO PULL THE POWER BACK TO CRUISE CLIMB SETTINGS. AT THAT POINT THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. AFTER ESTABLISHING A GLIDE AND PERFORMING THE RESTART PROCEDURES WITH NO SUCCESS I SPOTTED A LARGE FIELD TO MY RIGHT, EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND SET UP FOR LANDING. WE TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 1310 HRS PDT IN THE SOFT LETTUCE FIELD AND ROLLED ALMOST TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT THE LEFT LANDING GEAR FOLDED TO THE REAR AND THE WING DROPPED. FORTUNATELY THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE FLAP AND LANDING GEAR. THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED BUT IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER CFR 14 PART 91 AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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