# Incident 20080521838249I: Piper PA28161, Santa Maria, CA, May 21, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2008, 09:04 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan H
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8999° N, 120.4581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MARIA PUB/CAPT G ALLAN HANCOCK FLD (SMX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8999&lon=-120.4581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8175H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8175H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080521838249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/21/2008 N8175H A PIPER PA-28 LOST ENGINE POWER, 10 MILES SOUTH OF SANTA MARIA (SMX) AT 4500 FEET.  THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GRASS OVER RUN OF RWY 30 AND ROLLED UP ONTO THE RUNWAY AT SANTA MARIA 9SMX).  THE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT HAD THE AIRPLANE TOWED TO AN FIXED BASE OPERATION MAINTENANCE SHOP (COASTAL VALLEY AVIATION)^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHECKED THE AIRCRAFTS FUEL TANKS AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE FUEL ONBOARD TO MAINTENANCE ENGINE POWER.  NO VISUAL DAMAGE SEEN ON THE AIRCRAFT.

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