# Incident 20240808010339I: Piper PA-28-161, Memphis, TX, August 8, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2024, 13:00 local time
- Place: Memphis, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7267° N, 100.5417° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7267&lon=-100.5417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3054L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3054L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 253 total, 215 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240808010339I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/08/2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CDT A PIPER PA-28-161 AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DURING A FORCED LANDING EVENT APPROXIMATELY 12NM WEST OF THE MEMPHIS, TX AIRPORT.  FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE CHILDRESS, TX AIRPORT (KCDS).  THE PRIVATELY OWNED AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFTS ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND BEGAN TO SPUTTER.  PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A GRASSY FIELD WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A EARTHEN TERRACE.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON AN APROXIMATE HEADING OF 245 DEG WITH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. WEATHER AT KCDS FOR THE TIME OF THE EVENT INDICATED CALM WINDS, CLEAR SKIES AND 10SM VISIBILITY.

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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