# Incident 20240606006749I: Piper PA-28-140, Rigby, ID, June 6, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2024, 07:00 local time
- Place: Rigby, ID
- Airport: Rigby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6427° N, 111.9292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIGBY (U56), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6427&lon=-111.9292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9975W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9975W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,140 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240606006749I

## Narrative

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

DURING CLIMB OUT AT 6000 FT MSL A NOISE WAS HEARD AND AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE POWER LOSS. PILOT IN COMMAND COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND PITCHED FOR BEST GLIDE. PASSENGER RAN CHECKLIST WHILE PILOT PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING. UNABLE TO REGAIN ENGINE POWER THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD.

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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