# Accident 19981122031969A: Piper PA28180, Iowa Falls, IA, November 22, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1998, 12:00 local time
- Place: Iowa Falls, IA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5193° N, 93.2598° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5193&lon=-93.2598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2691T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2691T) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 33 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981122031969A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED IN A FIELD DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. (.19)ON NOVEMBER 22, 1998, AT 1200 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-28-180, N2691T, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING ABOUT FOUR MILES WEST OF THE IOWA FALLS AIRPROT, NEAR IOWA FALLS, IOWA. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE SUFFERED FUEL STARVATION.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE PERSONAL 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FAIRBAULT, MINNESOTA, ABOUT 1100.                                                   (.4) THE PILOT SAID THAT HE DEPARTED KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI, AND FLEW TO FAIRBAULT, MINNESOTA.  HE THEN CONTINUED EN ROUTE TO AMES, IOWA.  WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS; HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO REACH HIS DESTINATION WHEN THE ENGINE AGAIN LOST POWER.  THE PILOT SAID THAT THE AIRPLANE SUFFERED FUEL EXHAUSTION.  AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE AFTER THE ACCIDENT INDICATED NO USABLE FUEL IN EITHER FUEL TANK.  NO FUEL STAINS WERE FOUND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRPLANE OR AROUND THE ACCIDENT SITE. NO FUEL LEAKS WERE FOUND AROUND THE FUEL LINES, FROM THE FUEL TANKS TO THE ENGINE. THE FUEL CAPS DID NOT INDICATE ANY LEAKS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI99LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA032), Nov 22, 1998: Piper PA-28-180 (N2691T), Iowa Falls, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper preflight planning and preparation, and his not refueling the airplane. Factors were fuel exhaustion and the fence.

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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