# Incident 19871123079389I: Piper PA32RT300, Cooperstown, NY, November 23, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1987, 15:00 local time
- Place: Cooperstown, NY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6989° N, 74.9307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cooperstown, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6989&lon=-74.9307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3022N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3022N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 30 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871123079389I

## Narrative

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

EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. COMPLETE MAGNETO FAILURE.

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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