# Accident 19990117005469A: Piper PA32260, St Charles, IL, January 17, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1999, 14:45 local time
- Place: St Charles, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9201° N, 88.3002° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9201&lon=-88.3002&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40712, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40712-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990117005469A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JANUARY 17, 1999, AT 1445 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-32-260, N40712, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, LOST ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING, THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED INTO A CORN FIELD. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEINGCONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN ON FILE. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS, AND WAS EN ROUTE TO MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS. (-23)WHILE ATTEMPING TO FIND AN AIRPORT DURING IMC CONDITIONS, THE PILOT OF PIPER PA-32-260, M40712, ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR THE DUPAGE VOR IN ST. CHARLES, IL.  DURING THE SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED INTO A CORN FIELD.  THE FLIGHT WAS PERSONAL AND CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  THERE WERE THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## 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 CHI99LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA065), Jan 17, 1999: Piper PA-32-260 (N40712), St. Charles, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Also causal was the pilot's inadequate preflight/planning preparation which led to inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions and him…

## Other reports on N40712 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840625027659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840625027659A), Jun 25, 1984: Piper PA32260 (N40712), Kankakee, IL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff due to fuel starvation. Fuel selector was on an empty tank. Other tank was full.

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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