# Incident 20050715017569I: Piper PA32260, San Andreas, CA, July 15, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2005, 19:50 local time
- Place: San Andreas, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1927° N, 120.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Andreas, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1927&lon=-120.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3542W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3542W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 257 total, 140 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050715017569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING SHORT OF THE CALAVERAS COUNTY AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT, A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK ON THE ENGINE. THE MECHANIC REPORTED THE ENGINE OPERATION CHECK WAS GOOD.

## Other reports on N3542W (1)

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

- [Incident 20040725015819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040725015819I), Jul 25, 2004: Piper PA32260 (N3542W), Rawlings, WY. (-23) While climbing out from rawlins, WY on a flight to hollister, CA, the engine started to run rough and the pilot noticed that the oil temperature was red…

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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