# Incident 20090121000469I: Piper PA28180, La Veta, CO, January 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2009, 18:03 local time
- Place: La Veta, CO
- Airport: Cuchara Valley At La Veta
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5238° N, 105.0093° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUCHARA VALLEY AT LA VETA (07V), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5238&lon=-105.0093&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9316J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9316J) (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 O360A3A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 650 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090121000469I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 21, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1745 LOCAL TIME, DURING THE CRUISE PORTION OF A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT FROM LAS CRUCES, NM (KLRU) TO MEADOW LAKE, CO (K00V) AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 13,500 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL), N9316J, A PIPER MODEL PA-28C-180 AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE ATP RATED PILOT EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL “DEAD-STICK” OFF FIELD LANDING AT THE LA VETA, COLORADO (K07V) AIRPORT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER.  THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE DURING THE LANDING.  DURING THIS INVESTIGATION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL ENGINE WITH AN APPROXIMATE TOTAL TIME OF: 5414 HOURS.  THIS ENGINE HAD UNDERGONE TWO OVERHAULS AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 1,000 HOURS TIME SINCE THE LAST OVERHAUL OVER A SPAN OF APPROXIMATELY 43 YEARS.

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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