# Incident 20070520013229I: Piper PA28235, San Luis Obisp, CA, May 20, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2007, 18:57 local time
- Place: San Luis Obisp, CA
- Airport: San Luis County Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2368° N, 120.6420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at San Luis County Regional Airport (SBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2368&lon=-120.6420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9170W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9170W) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070520013229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OF PIPER N9170W STATED HE DEPARTED SANTA BARBARA, CA FOR TURLOCK, CA, IN VMC CONDITIONS. DURING THE FLIGHT HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND STARTED TO EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. SOON AFTER ENGINE OIL WAS OBSERVED ON THE AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELD. HE NOTIFIED ATC OF HIS PROBLEM AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES EAST OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HOURS LOCAL TIME. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO HIMSELF OR HIS PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LATER RECOVERED FROM THE FIELD AND FOUND TO HAVE NO DAMAGE OT THE AIRFRAME OR LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE IS BEING INSPECTED AT THIS TIME TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE.

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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