# Incident 19860101007879I: Piper PA28180, Saint Simons Is, GA, January 1, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1986, 16:17 local time
- Place: Saint Simons Is, GA
- Airport: Malcolm Mckinnon
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1505° N, 81.3695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Simons Island, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1505&lon=-81.3695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6337J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6337J-1997-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 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/19860101007879I

## Narrative

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

LANDED WITHOUT ATC COMMUNICATION WHILE WEATHER WAS IFR. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO WEATHER. MICROPHONE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N6337J (1)

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

- [Accident 19970601012189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970601012189A), Jun 1, 1997: Piper PA28180 (N6337J), Long Island, NY, Destroyed, 4 fatal. On approach to runway, IFR missed approach. Landed short of airport.

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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