# Incident 19961002037719I: Piper PA24180, Onawa, IA, October 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1996, 18:00 local time
- Place: Onawa, IA
- Airport: Onawa Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0046° N, 96.1041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Onawa Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0046&lon=-96.1041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6266P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6266P-1999-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 247 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961002037719I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMB AT 300 FT AGL LANDED SOYBEAN FIELD. POSSIBLE CARB ICE. SUSPECT LOW FUEL CAUSED UNPORTING.

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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