# Incident 20240523006049I: Piper PA-28-180, Colorado Spring, CO, May 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2024, 14:19 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4882L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4882L) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,180 total, 93 in this make and model, 239 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240523006049I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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