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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Coalinga, CA · August 13, 2026

Date
August 13, 2026 · 11:55 local
Place
Coalinga, CA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5685U
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
287 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot departed harris ranch (3O8) enroute to kprb at 11:45 am on 08/13/2026. While climbing through 4500 the airplane engine started running rough. The pilot tried to return to 3O8 but few minutes later the engine quit. The pilot landed on a road without damaging the airplane or other property.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT DEPARTED HARRIS RANCH (3O8) ENROUTE TO KPRB AT 11:45 AM ON 08/13/2026. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 4500 THE AIRPLANE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. THE PILOT TRIED TO RETURN TO 3O8 BUT FEW MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT LANDED ON A ROAD WITHOUT DAMAGING THE AIRPLANE OR OTHER PROPERTY.