# Incident 20040220013029I: Piper PA28180, Maxton, NC, February 20, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2004, 13:00 local time
- Place: Maxton, NC
- Airport: Laurinburg Maxton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7922° N, 79.3659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURINBURG/MAXTON (MEB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7922&lon=-79.3659&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5273L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5273L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 600 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040220013029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT AT APPROX. 6500 FEET NEAR KMEB WHEN HIS ENGINE QUIT. MR. WILLIAMS WAS IN CONTACT WITH FAY ATC AND INFORMED THEM OF THE SITUATION. HE WAS INFORMED OF THE CLOSEST AIRPORT BUT DUE TO A STRONG HEADWIND WAS FORCED TO EXECUTE AN OFF FIELD LANDING. AT THE SCENE I OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE CARB HEAT MUFF, COWLING, AND FIREWALL DUE TO THE FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

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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