# Incident 19910509020249I: Piper PA28180, Laporte, IN, May 9, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1991, 07:38 local time
- Place: Laporte, IN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6109° N, 86.7148° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Porte, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6109&lon=-86.7148&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7433W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7433W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,096 total, 20 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/19910509020249I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED IN CLIMB. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD. ENGINE HAD FAILED ONCE FEFORE.

## Other reports on N7433W (1)

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

- [Incident 19931231051569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931231051569I), Dec 31, 1993: Piper PA28180 (N7433W), Toms River, NJ, Minor damage. Aircraft struck sawhorses set up in front of runway. Sawhorse properly marked. 300 feet of displaced threshold.

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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