# Incident 20241219022109I: Piper PA-28-160, Roanoke, TX, December 19, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2024, 15:46 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Aero Valley Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0498° N, 97.2322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AERO VALLEY (52F), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0498&lon=-97.2322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5378W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5378W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (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-28-160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241219022109I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED AFTER DROPPING OFF HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HE DEPARTED 52F TO RETURN TO PROPWASH AIRPORT IN JUSTIN, TX. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. AFTER RUNNING THROUGH THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST BUT COULD NOT RESTORE POWER. THE PILOT DECIDED TO TRY TO RETURN TO 52F BUT QUICKLY DETERMINED HE WOULD BE ABLE TO GLIDE BACK TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT LOCATED A SUITABLE FIELD AND EXECUTED A SAFE LANDING WITHOUT DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.

FOLLOWING THE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED SAFELY TO 52F AND THEN TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR.

## Other reports on N5378W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810318023989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810318023989I), Mar 18, 1981: Piper PA28160 (N5378W), Tonopah, NV, Minor damage. During landing student pilot lost control and ran off runway.

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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