# Incident 20080505833849I: Piper PA32300, Stephenville, TX, May 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2008, 15:35 local time
- Place: Stephenville, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2145° N, 98.2199° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stephenville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2145&lon=-98.2199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56631, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56631) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 4,000 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/20080505833849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 5, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1535 LOCAL, N56631, A PIPER PA-32-300 AIRCRAFT SUFFERED AN ENGINE FAILURE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEPHENVILLE, TX. THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N56631 (1)

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

- [Accident 20240809013119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240809013119A), Aug 9, 2024: Piper PA-32-300 (N56631), Fallbrook, CA, Substantial damage. During taxi with intent for flight, the pilot failed to control the aircraft and hit a concrete post with the left landing gear causing substantial damage to…

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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