# Incident 20090521008809I: Piper PA28235, Conway, AR, May 21, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Conway, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0887° N, 92.4421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conway, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0887&lon=-92.4421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8687W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8687W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 526 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090521008809I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON MAY 21, 2009 AIRPLANE N8687W, PA-28 DEPARTED NORTH LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT (ORK) TO CONWAY AIRPORT (CWS) AND SIGHT-SEEING IN THE AREA.  AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM OVER LAKE BEAVER FORK (CONWAY) THE PRIVATE CERTIFICATED PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOST OF ENGINE POWER.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS AND UNABLE TO REGAIN ENGINE POWER.  AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN MUDDY FIELD NEAR ARKANSAS HIGHWAY 25.  NO INJURIES TO PILOT AND PASSENGER AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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