# Incident 19900121000769I: Piper J2PIPER, Brownwood, TX, January 21, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1990, 16:45 local time
- Place: Brownwood, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7129° N, 98.9771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownwood, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7129&lon=-98.9771&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16669, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16669-2021-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J-2 (registry code 7100402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A40 series (registry code 17001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a40-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J2PIPER
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900121000769I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. FORCED LANDING ON GOLF COURSE. SUSPECT CARBURATOR ICING.

## Other reports on N16669 (1)

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

- [Accident 19800621021629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800621021629A), Jun 21, 1980: Piper J2PIPER (N16669), Bangs, TX, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climb-out from takeoff. Stalled airplane on emergency landing. Found mag wire had grounded.

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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