# Accident 20080626854959A: Piper PA28180, Gadsden, AL, June 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2008, 20:00 local time
- Place: Gadsden, AL
- Airport: Northeast Alabama Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9704° N, 86.0913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHEAST ALABAMA RGNL (GAD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9704&lon=-86.0913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2668T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2668T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080626854959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 26TH, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1750, N2268T, A PIPER PA-28-180, DEPARTED KLEX FOR A FINAL DESTINATION OF KDTS WITH A PLANNED FUEL STOP AT KGAD.  AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT KGAD, RECEIVED FUEL AND DEPARTED TO KDTS.  AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING OUT OF 4000 FT FOR 8500 FT 8.5 MILES SOUTH OF FIELD, WHEN THE PILOT REPORTEDLY NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT VIBRATION AND LOSS OF POWER.  THE PILOT DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CONTINUE POWERED FLIGHT AND COULD NOT SAFELY RETURN TO KGAD.  AIRCRAFT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR ASHVILLE, ALABAMA.  THE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS EGRESSED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.  EMERGENCY OFFICIALS RESPONDED SHORTLY AFTER THE LANDING AND THE PILOT FILED AN INCIDENT REPORT WITH THE ST. CLAIR COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.  THERE WAS ONLY SLIGHT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT UPON LANDING IN THE FIELD.  AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED TO GADSDEN AVIATION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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