# Incident 19880304015799I: Piper PA28161, Alliance, NE, March 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1988, 12:30 local time
- Place: Alliance, NE
- Airport: Alliance Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0532° N, 102.8037° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLIANCE MUNI (AIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0532&lon=-102.8037&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8408L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8408L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 657 total, 100 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880304015799I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTER SEVERE ICING. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. ATC DIRECTED PILOT TO NEAREST AIRPORT. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT

## Other reports on N8408L (1)

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

- [Incident 19860809048079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860809048079I), Aug 9, 1986: Piper PA28161 (N8408L), Henning, MN, Minor damage. Pilot made successful emergency landing after NR3 cylinder exhaust valve stuck causing pushrod to bend.

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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