# Incident 20240518004619I: Piper PA-28-180, Spokane, WA, May 18, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2024, 12:47 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8256W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8256W) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,288 total, 6 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240518004619I

## Narrative

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

TANK FUEL LEVELS WERE DETERMINED PRIOR TO FLIGHT, RIGHT TANK WAS FULL AND LEFT TANK 10-12 GALLONS.  SELECTOR WAS LEFT IN LEFT TANK POSITION. AFTER TAKE OFF AND FOLLOWING 8 OR 9 TOUCH-N-GOS, AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER. RESTART ATTEMPTED BUT UNSUCESSFUL. INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK CONTROLS AND DECLARED MAYDAY AND FEELING HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE AIRPORT, LANDED SAFELY ON AN UNUSED AND UNPOPULATED HIGHWAY.

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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