# Incident 19980720030529I: Piper PA28140, Wichita, KS, July 20, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1998, 11:25 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Mc Connell Afb
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6231° N, 97.2676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CONNELL AFB (IAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6231&lon=-97.2676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7285J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7285J-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 15 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980720030529I

## Narrative

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

MR. GREEN, SOLO PILOT, BECAME DISORIENTED AND THOUGHT HE WAS LANDING AT EL DORADO, KANSAS, WHEN, IN FACT, HE WAS FLYING TOWARD MCCONNELL AFAB. HE REALIZED HIS MISTAKE AND TURNED TO FLY DIRECTLY TO JABARA AIRPORT, HE ENTERED CLASS D AIRSPACE AT 1AB AND BEC WITHOUT ESTABLISHING TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATION.

## Other reports on N7285J (1)

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

- [Accident 19740124002779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740124002779A), Jan 24, 1974: Piper PA28140 (N7285J), Pineville, WV, Substantial damage. Inst conditions. Vacuum pump drive sheared. Crash lndd on mtn.

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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