# Incident 20180120001039I: Piper PA-28-140, Chalco, NE, January 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2018, 14:50 local time
- Place: Chalco, NE
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1824° N, 96.1354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chalco, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1824&lon=-96.1354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6842J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6842J) (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-E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 553 total, 5 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180120001039I

## Narrative

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

UPON COMPLETION OF AREA TRAINING, CREW REPORTS EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF POWER (2200RPM DOWN TO 1800RPM) DURING DESCENT/TRANSIT BACK TO AIRPORT (KMLE). AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED. FOLLOWING THE CHECKLIST, THE CREW TRIED CARB HEAT AND ADJUSTING THE THROTTLE. MAXIMUM ACHIEVABLE RPM WAS 1800-1850. UNABLE TO HOLD ALTITUDE, THE PILOT SPOTTED AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KMLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SAFELY LANDED IN THE FIELD WITH NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THE FIELD WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE MILLARD AIRPORT AT 144TH ST. AND GILES RD. IN CHALCO, NEBRASKA.

## Other reports on N6842J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19840906047359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840906047359A), Sep 6, 1984: Piper PA28140 (N6842J), San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft was not developing power after takeoff and stalled touching down beyond runway crashing through 2 fences.

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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