# Incident 19860205011359I: Piper PA28181, Andover, IA, February 5, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1986, 17:30 local time
- Place: Andover, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9801° N, 90.2528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Andover, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9801&lon=-90.2528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8397Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8397Y-1995-12-07) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 32 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860205011359I

## Narrative

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

PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER AS REPORTED BY PILOT. NOSE WHEEL WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N8397Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19950416008049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950416008049A), Apr 16, 1995: Piper PA28181 (N8397Y), Chicago/Schaumb, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Engaged in low level acrobatic manuevers for airport closing crowd. Began snap roll a 600 ft AGL impacted flat. (-23) on April 16, 1995 at approximately 1720…

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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