# Incident 19821226068979I: Piper PA28160, Calvin, LA, December 26, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1982, 11:15 local time
- Place: Calvin, LA
- Airport: David G Joyce
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9637° N, 92.6603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID G JOYCE (0R5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9637&lon=-92.6603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5977W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5977W-1990-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 8 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821226068979I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED INTO IMC RAIN AND FOG FOR LOCAL FLIGHT. LANDED ON A ROAD AFTER THE CARBURETOR ICED UP.

## Other reports on N5977W (1)

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

- [Accident 19840531020549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840531020549A), May 31, 1984: Piper PA28160 (N5977W), Ferriday, LA, Substantial damage. Student lost control on a unauthorized landing on a Private strip. Left the grass runway and nosed over in a ditch.

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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