# Incident 20250907013359I: Piper PA-28-140, Santa Clarita, CA, September 7, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2025, 17:10 local time
- Place: Santa Clarita, CA
- Airport: Whiteman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2593° N, 118.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEMAN (WHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2593&lon=-118.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43601, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,798 total, 109 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/20250907013359I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMEBER 7, 2025 A COMMERCIAL PILOT OF A PIPER PA28 WITH 2 PASSENGERS LOST ENGINE POWER AND LANDED IN A WATERMELON FIELD IN VALENCIA, CA.  DAMAGE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLOR AND MAIN LANDING GEAR FAIRINGS.  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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