# Incident 19880209020439I: Piper PA28R200, Denison, IA, February 9, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1988, 19:15 local time
- Place: Denison, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0159° N, 95.3524° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denison, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0159&lon=-95.3524&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56244, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56244-2007-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880209020439I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. LOSE OF RPM. FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. CAUSE IS UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N56244 (1)

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

- [Incident 19900621031299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900621031299I), Jun 21, 1990: Piper PA28R200 (N56244), Battle Creek, MI, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found nose gear downlock assembly had failed.

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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