# Incident 20090327005389I: Piper PA23, Elizabethtown, KY, March 27, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2009, 14:54 local time
- Place: Elizabethtown, KY
- Airport: Addington Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6860° N, 85.9250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADDINGTON FLD (EKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6860&lon=-85.9250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54004, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,380 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/20090327005389I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.  ONCE DEVIATION OCCURRED PILOT DESCENDED IMMEDIATELY BACK TO ASSIGNED ALTITUDE.

## Other reports on N54004 (2)

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

- [Incident 20101114052429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101114052429I), Nov 14, 2010: Piper PA-23-250 (N54004), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage. On October 14, 2010, at 1955 CST, a Piper PA-23, N54004, registered to all americian air, inc. located in louisville, KY, had a left sicissor link bolt fail on…
- [Incident 19830622041299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830622041299I), Jun 22, 1983: Piper PA23250 (N54004), Cumberland, MD, Minor damage. During practice single engine landing instructor allowed the aircraft to land with the gear up.

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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