# Incident 20030528014619I: Piper PA28160, AR, May 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2003, 19:00 local time
- Place: AR
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5855W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5855W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (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 PA28160
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,120 total, 550 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030528014619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/28/2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 CST A PIPER PA-28-160, REGISTRATION N5855W, SERIAL NUMBER 28-2358 LANDED ON PRIVATE GRASS STRIP TWO MILES EAST OF SEARCY AIRPORT (M07), ARKANSAS AFTER PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. AFTER LANDING, PROPELLER CONTACTED A POWER CORD TO A RICE WELL, DAMAGING FIBERGLASS COWLING, NOSE WHEEL PANT AND FAIRINGS. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS PERSONAL FLIGHT IN VMC CONDITIONS UNDER 14 CFR 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.

## Other reports on N5855W (1)

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

- [Accident 19940424009239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940424009239A), Apr 24, 1994: Piper PA28160 (N5855W), New Carlisle, OH, Substantial damage. Low on approach, no power to make runway. Landed. Short. Ran thru fence. Passengers head set cord pulled mixture.

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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