# Incident 20061013022899I: Piper PA28140, Cottonwood Fall, KS, October 13, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2006, 17:20 local time
- Place: Cottonwood Fall, KS
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3682° N, 96.5428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cottonwood Falls, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3682&lon=-96.5428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5292S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5292S) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 2 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061013022899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N5292S WAS CLIMBING OUT TO 5500 FT AFTER DEPARTING NEWTON, KS (EWK) ENROUTE TO LEE'S SUMMIT, MO (LXT). THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATC A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THE PILOT THEN ADVISED ATC THE ENGINE HAD STOPPED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE WOULD ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT TO CHASE COUNTY AIRPORT (9K0). THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT AND THE HIGHWAY BELOW DID NOT HAVE MUCH TRAFFIC ON IT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON HIGHWAY 177 APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD FALLS, KS. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE AIRCRAFT INTO A PRIVATE DRIVE AND OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY.

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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