# Accident 20201021019669A: Piper PA-28-180, Show Low, AZ, October 21, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2020, 11:17 local time
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2655° N, 110.0057° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2655&lon=-110.0057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7405W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7405W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,885 total, 17 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201021019669A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/21/2020, AT 1117 PDT, N7405H, PA 28-180, EMERGENCY LANDING ON HWY 60 DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING FROM HITTING A FENCE. THE SOLE PILOT ON BOARD WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: THE MISSION WAS A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MARANA REGIONAL KAVQ TO SHOW LOW AIRPORT KSOW FOR A TOUCH AND GO AND THEN RETURN TO MARANA REGIONAL. WEATHER WAS VFR CONDITIONS UNDER A CLEAR SKY. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED THROUGH LEIDOS AND ACTIVATED VIA TEXT MESSAGE AT 0938L.DEPARTURE AND FLIGHT TO KSOW WERE UNEVENTFUL. THE PILOT ACCOMPLISHED ONE TOUCH AND GO AT KSOW AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 20-25 NM SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF KSOW CRUISING/CLIMBING AROUND 8000-8500MSL AT 105KIAS, ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE HEARD A LOUD BANG, ACCOMPANIED BY MODERATE TO SEVERE LATERAL VIBRATIONS, AND THE RPM DROPPED TO 1700. HE APPLIED FULL MIXTURE, CONFIRMED FULL THROTTLE, CONFIRMED CARB HEAT IN, TURNED ON THE FUEL PUMP, SWITCHED BACK TO THE PREVIOUS FUEL TANK (JUST IN CASE), AND CHECKED THE RIGHT AND LEFT MAGNETOS. NOTHING IMPROVED THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE, AND THE DESCENT CONTINUED. JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A BARBED WIRE FENCE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SUFFERED DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR21LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA020), Oct 21, 2020: Piper PA-28-180 (N7405W), Show Low, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to the failure of the No. 4 cylinder exhaust valve.

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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