20240523006049I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Colorado Spring, CO · May 23, 2024

Date
May 23, 2024 · 14:19 local
Place
Colorado Spring, CO
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N4882L
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,180 total93 in this make and model239 in the last 90 days

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.

A flight instructor and their student were in cruise flight at 8500 feet MSL when the engine lost 70% of its total power. The pilot ran the emergency checklist but could not restore full power. The pilot landed the airplane on a road with the engine still running at reduced power. There was no damage to the aircraft, and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THEIR STUDENT WERE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 8500 FEET MSL WHEN THE ENGINE LOST 70% OF ITS TOTAL POWER. THE PILOT RAN THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST BUT COULD NOT RESTORE FULL POWER. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON A ROAD WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING AT REDUCED POWER. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND NO INJURIES.