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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Clarksburg, CA · April 3, 2024

Date
April 3, 2024 · 12:50 local
Place
Clarksburg, CA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4351T
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
287 total

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.

Aircraft lost power en route from ccr to sac. Pilot made an off-field landing near the sac VOR. No damage to the aircraft excepting a hole in the crankcase and a siezed engine.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER EN ROUTE FROM CCR TO SAC. PILOT MADE AN OFF-FIELD LANDING NEAR THE SAC VOR. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT EXCEPTING A HOLE IN THE CRANKCASE AND A SIEZED ENGINE.