# Incident 19830917065929I: Piper PA28181, Urbana, IL, September 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1983, 21:43 local time
- Place: Urbana, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1101° N, 88.1973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Urbana, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1101&lon=-88.1973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N181WC-2013-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,585 total, 50 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830917065929I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND ON A NIGHT SIMULATED FORCED LANDING. LANDED IN A FIELD. POSSIBLE CARBURETOR ICING.

## Other reports on N181WC (1)

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

- [Accident 20050222002729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050222002729A), Feb 22, 2005: Piper PA28181 (N181WC), The Dalles, OR, Destroyed. (-23) Student pilot made solo full flap landing to runway 7. The wind was reported as 060 at 09 knots. According to witnesses, aircraft flared high at about 15…

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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