# Incident 20040727024519I: Piper PA24250, Ogallah, KS, July 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2004, 09:30 local time
- Place: Ogallah, KS
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9946° N, 99.7326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ogallah, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9946&lon=-99.7326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5645P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5645P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,307 total, 358 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040727024519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07-27-04 AT 0930 CST, A PIPER PA24-250, N5645P OPERATED BY RICHARD L. HEARTING WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE WHEN THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN LOST TOTAL ENGINE POWER DURING A VFR FLIGHT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A FIELD. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HAS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HAYS, KS ON 07-27-04 AT APPROXIMATELY 0915 CST. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INVESTIGATION.

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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