# Incident 19880209011839I: Piper PA23250, Pierre, SD, February 9, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1988, 13:08 local time
- Place: Pierre, SD
- Airport: Pierre Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RGKA
- Location: 44.3827° N, 100.2860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIERRE RGNL (PIR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3827&lon=-100.2860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62802, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 70 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880209011839I

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF POWER. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. LANDED DOWNWIND SAFELY. FOUND ICE IN THE AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N62802 (1)

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

- [Incident 20230118000409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230118000409I), Jan 18, 2023: Piper PA-23-250 (N62802), Harisson, OH, Minor damage. During take off from runway 19 the cabin door came unlatched and opened. The pilot attempted to hold the door closed and executed a go around. The pilot…

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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