# Accident 20190730014909A: Piper PA-28-140, Fairhope, AL, July 30, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2019, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fairhope, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9LIS
- Location: 30.5147° N, 87.8719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5147&lon=-87.8719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6754J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6754J-2022-07-02) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,030 total, 300 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190730014909A

## Narrative

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

AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR OF FLYING AND 4TH TOUCH AND GO, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER ON CLIMB OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FT AGL.  LOSS OF POWER AND HEAVY ENGINE VIBRATION WAS REPORTED.  CFI/PIC VERIFIED FUEL AND INITIATED AN EMERGENCY, OFF-FIELD LANDING INTO A CORNFIELD. TOUCHING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF SONNY CALLAHAN AIRPORT IN FAIRHOPE, AL.

## 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 CEN19LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA265), Jul 30, 2019: Piper PA28 (N6754J), Fairhope, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the No. 3 exhaust valve and the subsequent loss of engine power due to engine operation with an excessively lean fuel mixture over a period of time.

## Other reports on N6754J (1)

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

- [Incident 20100523045049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100523045049I), May 23, 2010: Piper PA-28-140 (N6754J), Cedar Key, FL, Minor damage. On a local flight into the Cedar Key area, approaching final to runway 23, during landing the pilot states he applied the brakes in which appeared to have…

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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