20040104005629I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Portmouth, VA · January 4, 2004

Date
January 4, 2004 · 14:00 local
Place
Portmouth, VA
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N121FT
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total4 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft departed from pvg and the aircraft climbed to a cruise altitude and at 1700' the engine lost power. The pilot looked for a suitable landing area and landed on an industrial parking lot. There was no damage to aircraft or injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM PVG AND THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO A CRUISE ALTITUDE AND AT 1700' THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT LOOKED FOR A SUITABLE LANDING AREA AND LANDED ON AN INDUSTRIAL PARKING LOT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES.