# Incident 20090808025309I: Piper PA-28-140, Westbrook, CT, August 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2009, 19:47 local time
- Place: Westbrook, CT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2854° N, 72.4476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westbrook, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2854&lon=-72.4476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6690W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6690W-2009-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 250 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090808025309I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO LONG ISLAND SOUND, NY AT 1547 EDT ON 08/08/09, 1/2 MILE FROM WESTBROOK, CT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE FROM THE IMPACT WAS MINIMAL.  PIC REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED INFLIGHT.  THERE WAS NO ATC CONTACT.

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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