# Incident 19960407011239I: Piper PA28161, Montgomery, NY, April 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1996, 14:35 local time
- Place: Montgomery, NY
- Airport: Orange County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5118° N, 74.2635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (MGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5118&lon=-74.2635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47372, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47372-1998-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,360 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960407011239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE IN IFR CONDITIONS IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT 9000 FEET, MSL AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST 400 RPM, MR. BORNER IMMEDIATELY APPLIED CARB. HEAT, LEANED MIXTURE, NEVER REGAINED - LOST RPM, ENGINE FAILED. NY TRACON RADAR VECTORED AIRCRAFT TO MGJ. AIRCRAFT LANDED ONE MILE SOUTH OF RUNWAY 3. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN FARMERS FIELD. MINOR DAMAGE TO STABILATOR, AND NOSE WHEEL FAIRING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED AND REMOVED FROM FIELD TO MGJ AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT ENGINE INSPECTED AND A RUN-UP WAS PERFORMED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ M & D REPORT TO FOLLOW.

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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