# Accident 19900115000949A: Piper PA28161, Immokalee, FL, January 15, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1990, 15:00 local time
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Airport: Immokalee Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4337° N, 81.4005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IMMOKALEE RGNL (IMM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4337&lon=-81.4005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8445G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8445G) (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: 350 total, 20 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900115000949A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED ENGINE FAILED ON CLIMBOUT. TRIED TO LAND ON ADJACENT RUNWAY. LANDED ON GRASS AND GROUND LOOPED.

## 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 MIA90LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA054), Jan 15, 1990: Piper PA-28-161 (N8445G), Immokalee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO AN UNDETERMINED REASON. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: ROUGH TERRAIN IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.

## Other reports on N8445G (1)

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

- [Accident 19830302008339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830302008339A), Mar 2, 1983: Piper PA28161 (N8445G), Lehigh Acres, FL, Substantial damage. Allowed student to get too low on practice forced landing. Student froze on controls. Wing was severed on road sign.

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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