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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Champaign-Urban, IL · February 7, 1996

Date: February 7, 1996 · 06:38 local
Place: Champaign-Urban, IL
Airport: University Of Illinois-Willar
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N33129
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360C1C6
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,300 total

N33129Registered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7535124 · Built 1975 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: N33129 was on an IFR flight plan from cedar rapids, Iowa to mattoon, Illinois. Upon arriving at mattoon the aircraft was unable to complete an ILS approach because the weather had dropped below minimums. N33129 declared an emergency due to low fuel and attempted to fly to Champaign, Illinois, approximately 30 miles north of mattoon. Four miles south of Champaign the engine lost power. The pilot reported that he was out of fuel. The aircraft glided to the airport property, but landed in the grass about 300 feet short of the runway. The flight plan stated that there was five hours and ten minutes of fuel onboard.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: N33129 WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA TO MATTOON, ILLINOIS. UPON ARRIVING AT MATTOON THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE AN ILS APPROACH BECAUSE THE WEATHER HAD DROPPED BELOW MINIMUMS. N33129 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO LOW FUEL AND ATTEMPTED TO FLY TO CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES NORTH OF MATTOON. FOUR MILES SOUTH OF CHAMPAIGN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS OUT OF FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT GLIDED TO THE AIRPORT PROPERTY, BUT LANDED IN THE GRASS ABOUT 300 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE FLIGHT PLAN STATED THAT THERE WAS FIVE HOURS AND TEN MINUTES OF FUEL ONBOARD.