# Incident 20031129032079I: Piper PA24180, Santa Ana, CA, November 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2003, 12:30 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7654P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7654P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (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 PA24180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,640 total, 950 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031129032079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ROBERT BOHN WAS PILOTING A PIPER PA-24-180, N7654P. WHILE TAKING OFF AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT RUNWAY 19R THE ENGINE LOST POWER IN A RIGHT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 600 FOOT AGL. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY MANAGED TO CONTINUE THE TURN AND RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N7654P (1)

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

- [Incident 19790803029979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790803029979I), Aug 3, 1979: Piper PA24 (N7654P), Stockton, CA, Minor damage. Student retracted gear instead of flaps before instructor could prevent action.

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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