# Incident 19880306004559I: Piper PA32260, Mound City, MO, March 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1988, 05:00 local time
- Place: Mound City, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1308° N, 95.2306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1308&lon=-95.2306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7703J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7703J-2020-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC88LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880306004559I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION. LANDED IN A CORN FIELD. GROUND FOG DEVELOPED AT DESTINATION. UNABLE TO FIND ANOTHER AIRPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC88LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA060), Mar 6, 1988: Piper PA-32-260 (N7703J), Mound City, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7703J (3)

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

- [Accident 20191109023169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191109023169A), Nov 9, 2019: Piper PA-32-260 (N7703J), Spring, TX, Substantial damage. On 11/09/2019 around 0930, [privacy data omitted] [privacy data omitted] took off out david wayne hooks (dwh) headed for navasota, TX. In N7703J (PA-32). About…
- [Incident 19901121064179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901121064179I), Nov 21, 1990: Piper PA32260 (N7703J), Key Largo, FL. Pilot became lost. Entered cuban airspace. Customs helicopter intercepted aircraft. Directed it to U.S. Airport.
- [Accident 19750427011879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750427011879A), Apr 27, 1975: Piper PA32260 (N7703J), Gainesville, FL, Substantial damage. Acft porpoise on ldg.

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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