# Incident 20210729014269I: Piper PA-28-140, Longview, TX, July 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2021, 13:07 local time
- Place: Longview, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5007° N, 94.7405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Longview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5007&lon=-94.7405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6250W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6250W) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 513 total, 125 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210729014269I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LONGVIEW, TX AIRPORT (GGG) ON RUNWAY 18 ON A VFR INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH ONE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND ONE STUDENT PILOT ON BOARD.  THE STUDENT PILOT WAS MANAGING THE FLIGHT CONTROLS.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL), BOTH PILOTS NOTICED A  REDUCTION OF ENGINE POWER OF APPROXIMATELY 400 RPM, AND BEGAN TROUBLESHOOTING.  WHEN ENGINE POWER COULD NOT BE RESTORED THE CFI TOOK THE CONTROLS AND DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT.  SHE MADE AN EMERGENCY CALL ON GGG TOWER FREQUENCY AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 36.  THE CFI DETERMINED THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO REACH THE AIRPORT AND PREPARED FOR AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN AN ADJACENT OPEN GRASS FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 NAUTICAL MILES (NM) SSE OF THE RWY 36 THRESHOLD.  THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON A HEADING OF 220.  BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY, AND THE CFI MADE A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE.  SHE DETERMINED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE, AND NO OBVIOUS LEAKING FLUIDS.  BOTH FUEL TANKS WERE FULL OF 100LL AVGAS.

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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