# Incident 19911227057569I: Piper PA28*, Stonington, CT, December 27, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1991
- Place: Stonington, CT
- Airport: Stonington Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3473° N, 71.8859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STONINGTON AIRPARK (CT80), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3473&lon=-71.8859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5112W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5112W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28 (registry code 7102801, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28*
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 230 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911227057569I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE MALFUNCTION. FORCED LANDING AT PRIVATE FIELD. FOUND CONTAMINATED FUEL.

## Other reports on N5112W (1)

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

- [Incident 19850727053159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850727053159I), Jul 27, 1985: Piper PA28* (N5112W), Fort Wayne, IN, Minor damage. Wingtip struck fence while being directed into parking space. Aircraft yawed after strike and prop hit fence also.

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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