# Accident 20091227024979A: Piper PA-28-180, Alexandria, LA, December 27, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2009, 12:45 local time
- Place: Alexandria, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3231° N, 92.5422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3231&lon=-92.5422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7230W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7230W-2013-08-20) (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 PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 11 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091227024979A

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT DEPARTED ESLER AIRPORT (ESF) FOR THE ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AEX). AFTER DESCENT FROM CRUISE ALTITUDE TO PATTERN ALTITUDE, THE PILOT NOTICED A LOSS OF POWER WHEN HE ADVANCED THE THROTTLE TO LEVEL OFF AT PATTERN ALTITUDE AND MANEUVERING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36 AT AEX. WHEN THE PILOT TURNED FINAL FOR RUNWAY 36, THE PILOT BELIEVED HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE RUNWAY GIVEN THE STRONG HEAD WIND AND POWER LOSS. THE PILOT ELECTED TO TURN TO THE FIELD HE SAW ON HIS RIGHT SIDE AND COMMENCED A FORCED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD, SLID FOR APPROXIMATELY 125 FEET AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. TESTS OF THE ENGINE AFTER THE ACCIDENT DID NOT REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN10LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA080), Dec 27, 2009: Piper PA-28-180 (N7230W), Alexandria, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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