# Incident 19790520026259I: Piper PA28161, Elgin, IL, May 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Elgin, IL
- Airport: Schaumburg
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9893° N, 88.1012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCHAUMBURG RGNL (06C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9893&lon=-88.1012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22179, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22179-1991-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 315 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790520026259I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT. FOUND FAULTY CARBURETOR.

## Other reports on N22179 (1)

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

- [Accident 19890807027899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890807027899A), Aug 7, 1989: Piper PA28161 (N22179), Hammonton, NJ, Destroyed. Advised no VFR. Proceeded and ran into low clouds,heavy rain,elected landing small strip. Overshot and struck trees

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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