# Incident 20050608009949I: Piper PA28235, Mckinney, TX, June 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2005, 18:00 local time
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1976° N, 96.6153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McKinney, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1976&lon=-96.6153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8550W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8550W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,111 total, 3,111 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050608009949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N8550W, PA-28, PLEASURE FLIGHT AT 1800C, JUNE 8, 2005, REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEMS AND REQUESTED NEAREST AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT LANDED SHORT IN THE GRASS AT MCKINNEY TEXAS AT 1805C. NO GROUND DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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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