# Accident 20180822025149A: Piper PA-28-235, Woodson, AR, August 22, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2018, 13:00 local time
- Place: Woodson, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5436° N, 92.1311° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5436&lon=-92.1311&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7954W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7954W-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (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-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 55 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA347) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180822025149A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 22, 2018 AT 1433 CDT, A PIPER  PA-28-235, N7954W, REGISTERED TO UP AND AWAY, LLC., EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT TEN MILES SOUTH OF BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NATIONAL AIRPORT (KLIT) NEAR WOODSON, ARKANSAS. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTAINED WHILE LANDING IN A FORESTED AREA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND NON CERTIFICATED PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS ON AUGUST 22, 2018 AT 1415 CDT.

## 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 CEN18LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA347), Aug 22, 2018: Piper PA-28-235 (N7954W), Little Rock, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence, which resulted in a forced landing on unsuitable terrain.

## Other reports on N7954W (1)

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

- [Incident 20040410008059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040410008059I), Apr 10, 2004: Piper PA28235 (N7954W), Annapolis, MD, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed down wind on runway 30 and ran off the end of the runway and struck a chain link fence at Lee Airport, Annapolis, MD. The airplane sustained…

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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