# Incident 20170815012209I: Piper PA-24-250, Commerce, GA, August 15, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2017, 15:40 local time
- Place: Commerce, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2143° N, 83.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Commerce, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2143&lon=-83.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6641P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6641P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,002 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170815012209I

## Narrative

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

ON TUESDAY AUGUST 15, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 LOCAL TIME A PIPER SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT MODEL PA24-250 COMANCHE  MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY 441 IN COMMERCE, GEORGIA.

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS AT 6,500 FEET IN CRUISE WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER THEN QUIT. THE PILOT WAS ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) AT THE TIME OF ENGINE FAILURE AND WAS TOLD JACKSON COUNTY AIRPORT WAS APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES AWAY.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE JACKSON COUNTY AIRPORT AND DECIDED TO LAND ON HIGHWAY 441. HE PICKED A GAP IN TRAFFIC AND LANDED IN THE NORTH BOUND LANE AND PULLED OFF INTO THE MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY.

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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