# Incident 20250419004389I: Piper PA-28-235, Corona, CA, April 19, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2025, 15:15 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8977° N, 117.6024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORONA MUNI (AJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8977&lon=-117.6024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8524E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8524E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 387 total, 207 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250419004389I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CORONA AIRPORT (AJO) EN ROUTE FOR CHINO AIRPORT (CNO). THE AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND 3 MILES SOUTH OF CNO AND REPORTED LOSING ENGINE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SOUTH TOWARD AJO BECAUSE THAT WAS CLOSER. THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT (AJO) AND LANDED IN A FIELD WEST OF AJO NEAR PRADO DAM.

## Other reports on N8524E (1)

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

- [Incident 19980805028099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980805028099I), Aug 5, 1998: Piper PA28235 (N8524E), Novato, CA. Prior to departure at Gnoss field, in Novato, CA. Mr. Carriker selected the left tip tank when he meant to select left main. Mr. Carriker did not visually…

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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