# Incident 19871227080019I: Piper PA28180, Marquette, MI, December 27, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1987, 13:13 local time
- Place: Marquette, MI
- Airport: Marquette County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5339° N, 87.5614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Marquette Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5339&lon=-87.5614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4307X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4307X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 70 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871227080019I

## Narrative

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

DECLARED AN EMERGENCY UPON ENTERING IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS. VECTORED VIA RADAR TO VFR CONDITIONS. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N4307X (2)

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

- [Incident 19970927035339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970927035339I), Sep 27, 1997: Piper PA28181 (N4307X), Hancock, MI, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot failed to switch fuel tanks on approach running the left tank dry. Landing short of the runway off airport.
- [Incident 19900812045999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900812045999I), Aug 12, 1990: Piper PA28180 (N4307X), Covington, MI. Experienced loss of power. Forced landing on a road. Aircraft fueled and flown to home base.

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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