# Incident 20200917016729I: Piper PA-28-140, Huntsville, TX, September 17, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2020, 17:15 local time
- Place: Huntsville, TX
- Airport: Huntsville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7469° N, 95.5872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNTSVILLE MUNI (UTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7469&lon=-95.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N433FL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N433FL) (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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,187 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200917016729I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO HUNTSVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KUTS) AFTER A 40 MINUTE FLIGHT BASIC FLIGHT REVIEW. AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT UNDER EXAM/AIRCRAFT OWNER WAS AT THE CONTROLS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TOWARDS THE RUNWAY AS THE CREW COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO RE-ESTABLISH POWER. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPEED TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT SO THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK THE CONTROLS AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF RUNWAY 36.

## Other reports on N433FL (1)

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

- [Incident 19940917037179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940917037179I), Sep 17, 1994: Piper PA28140 (N433FL), Baytown, TX. Partial power lost. Landed on road. Taxied to Baytown. NR4 cylinder failed due melting of metal at exhaust port.

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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