# Incident 19960124002149I: Piper PA28180, Independence, IA, January 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1996, 22:36 local time
- Place: Independence, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4622° N, 91.9032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Independence, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4622&lon=-91.9032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32993, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32993) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 725 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960124002149I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 0015Z, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM DETROIT, MI (DET) TO WATERLOO, IOWA (ALO). AT 0436Z WHILE ENROUTE APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES EAST OF WATERLOO, IOWA, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT TRIED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE INDEPENDENCE, IOWA (IIB) AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN A FARM FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A FENCE AND CAME TO REST WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES OCCURRED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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