# Incident 20060104000249I: Piper PA28140, Milpitas, CA, January 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2006, 14:50 local time
- Place: Milpitas, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NZDS
- Location: 37.4331° N, 121.8909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milpitas, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4331&lon=-121.8909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38478, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38478) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 20 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060104000249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 04, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 14:50 PST, A PIPER PA-28/140 (N38478) EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE PROBLEM WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 1,400 FEET MSL, 3 MILES SOUTH OF HAYWARD AIRPORT (HWD), HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE UNSUCCESSFULLY. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND LINED UP TO LAND ON INTERSTATE 680 SOUTH BOUND. A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE ON THE FOUR LAND HIGHWAY WHILE TRAFFIC SLOWED DOWN ACCORDINGLY. THE TWO PILOTS EXITED THE AIRPLANE AND PUSHED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER THE INITIAL FAA INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED, INTERSTATE 680 WAS CLOSED AND THE TWO PILOTS TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE NEXT EXIT (SCOTT CREEK RD) AT THE REQUEST OF THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL.

## Other reports on N38478 (1)

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

- [Incident 19811216087989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811216087989I), Dec 16, 1981: Piper PA28* (N38478), Monterey, CA, Minor damage. Wing tip struct a parked aircraft while taxiing to ramp.

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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