# Incident 19860720047169I: Piper PA22160, Plainfield, IL, July 20, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1986, 18:20 local time
- Place: Plainfield, IL
- Airport: Clow
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6294° N, 88.2456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6294&lon=-88.2456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3629Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3629Z-1998-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- Reported engine: LYC O290D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,025 total, 825 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860720047169I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST PARTIAL POWER. LANDED ON A FREEWAY SAFELY. FOUND FUEL TANK VENT CLOGGED WITH RUST.

## Other reports on N3629Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19970318003279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970318003279A), Mar 18, 1997: Piper PA22160 (N3629Z), Bagdad, AZ, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Rolled stalled on climbing turn takeoff. No power at impact fuel selector not in detente. Burned. Gross weight. FT11

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.