# Incident 20240516005519I: Piper PA-28-180, Walnut Ridge, AR, May 16, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2024, 11:50 local time
- Place: Walnut Ridge, AR
- Airport: Walnut Ridge Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1247° N, 90.9251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALNUT RIDGE RGNL (ARG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1247&lon=-90.9251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15871, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15871) (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&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,439 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240516005519I

## Narrative

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

THE LITTLE ROCK FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO) RECEIVED A PHONE CALL WITH THE NTSB AND ROC THAT AN AIRCRAFT HAD MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALNUT RIDGE, AR, (KARG). THE PIPER CHEROKEE 180 HAD A COMPLETE POWER PLANT FAILURE IN FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KARG ENROUTE BACK TO HOME AIRPORT, COVINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (M04). ON CLIMB TO CRUISING ALTITUDE PIC FELT AN ENGINE VIBRATION AND DECIDED TO TURN BACK TO KARG. ON TURN BACK TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO "0" AND ENGINE SEIZED. PIC INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING, LANDING IN A FARM FIELD. AFTER SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING, NO DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO AIRCRAFT, AND NO INJURIES TO THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT RELEASED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FOR TRANSPORTATION FROM FIELD BACK TO WALNUT RIDGE AIRPORT. BMY

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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