# Incident 20161129020469I: Piper PA-28-161, Fort Worth, TX, November 29, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2016, 19:43 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GTUS
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1914H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1914H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 300 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161129020469I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 29, 2016, AT 1943 CST, A PIPER PA-28-161, N1914H, S/N 28-7716062 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD AN INCIDENT WHILE ON A STUDENT TRAINING FLIGHT FROM FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TX (KFTW) AND RETURN.  WHILE PERFORMING SLOW FLIGHT EXERCISES, OVER THE SOUTHWEST PRACTICE AREA, THE ENGINE LOST POWER, WITH SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, FOLLOWING THE STUDENT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPLYING FULL POWER.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED SAFELY IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES SOUTH EAST OF BOURLAND FIELD (50F)..  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO DAMAGE FOLLOWING A SOFT FIELD LANDING IN A WHEAT FIELD..  THERE WAS 1 STUDENT PLUS THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT RECEIVING NO INJURIES.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDS A COMMERCIAL AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT WORTH, TX (KFTW), ON NOVEMBER 29, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CST.

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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