20190104003679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Seneca Falls, NY · January 4, 2019

Date
January 4, 2019 · 11:00 local
Place
Seneca Falls, NY
Airport
Finger Lakes Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4595R
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine lost power-quit about 400 ft. AGL. Pilot unable to restart. Aircraft landed in a plowed field and broke nose gear off.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER-QUIT ABOUT 400 FT. AGL. PILOT UNABLE TO RESTART. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD AND BROKE NOSE GEAR OFF.