# Incident 20110624015419I: Piper PA-28RT-201T, Martinsburg, WV, June 24, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2011, 12:45 local time
- Place: Martinsburg, WV
- Airport: Martinsburg
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4578° N, 77.9782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Martinsburg, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4578&lon=-77.9782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8105H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8105H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 120 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110624015419I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED SOME FORM OF A PROP GOVERNOR FAILURE. HE MOVED THE PROP AND THROTTLE CONTROLS AND COULD NOT EFFECT ANY CHANGE AS FAR AS THRUST FROM THE ENGINE.HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND LANDED IN A FIELD SHORT OF MARTINSBURG,WVA.

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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