# Incident 20030530015009I: Piper PA28140, Nashville, TN, May 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2003, 10:40 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: John C. Tune Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1830° N, 86.8865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN C TUNE (JWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1830&lon=-86.8865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9804W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9804W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 70 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/20030530015009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF AND AT APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET ALTITUDE, RPM REDUCED FROM 2400 TO 1800 RPM. ENGINE BEGAN MISSING. SINCE THERE WAS AN OPEN FIELD AVAILABLE AND PARALLEL TO THE AIRPORT, PILOT OPTED TO LAND IN THE FIELD. NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO AIRPORT PROPERTY.

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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