# Incident 19990702022489I: Piper PA28181, Carrollton, IL, July 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1999, 14:15 local time
- Place: Carrollton, IL
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2945° N, 90.4069° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carrollton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2945&lon=-90.4069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4598F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4598F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,507 total, 96 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990702022489I

## Narrative

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

(-5)THE PILOT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM CLOQUET CARLTON COUNTY AIRPORT TO ST. CHARLES, MO. WITH ONE PASSENGER WHEN HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.  THE CONTROLLER ISSUED THE NEAREST AIRPORT BUT AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON ELDREGE ROAD NEAR CARROLLTON, IL.  THE PILOT PURCHASED FUEL FROM JERSEY AVIATION AND CONTINUED TO ST. CHARLES, MO BEFORE ANY STATE, FEDERAL OR LOCAL OFFICIAL COULD LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT MISMANAGED HIS FUEL AND STATED THAT HE HAD MISCALCULATED THE HEADWINDS.   THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N4598F (3)

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

- [Incident 19930729039689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930729039689I), Jul 29, 1993: Piper PA28181 (N4598F), Tekamah, NE. Fuel exhaustion forced landing in field. Found a float damaged in carburetor.
- [Incident 19930712026799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930712026799I), Jul 12, 1993: Piper PA28181 (N4598F), Sikeston, MO. Fuel exhaustion due to ATC radar vectors to avoid weather. Unable to make runway. Forced landing on road.
- [Incident 19790816031639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790816031639I), Aug 16, 1979: Piper PA28181 (N4598F), Point Lookout, MO, Minor damage. During flare for crosswind landing pilot lost control and made a hard landing.

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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