# Incident 19990805029919I: Piper PA28R200, St. Marys, WI, August 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1999, 10:00 local time
- Place: St. Marys, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7980° N, 90.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Marys, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7980&lon=-90.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1179X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1179X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,818 total, 38 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990805029919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/05/99, AT 0815AM, PIPER PA-28R-200, N1179X, DEP. EAU CLAIRE (EAU) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO WAUKESHA, WI. DURING CRUISE AT 5000' THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND LOOSING POWER APPROX. 13 MILES WEST OF VOLK NG AP, WI.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO VOLK AP BY VOLK MIL. APPR. CONTROL.  DUE TO THE RAPID LOSS OF POWER THE PILOT INITIATED AND COMPLETED A NORMAL GEAR DOWN LDG INTO AN ALFALFA FIELD WITH THE ACFT COMING TO REST IN AN ADJACENT CORN FIELD NEAR ST. MARY'S RIDGE, MONROE COUNTY, WI.  THE PILOT AND ONE PAX WALKED AWAY FROM THE ACFT WITH NO INJURIES;  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVING MINOR DAMAGE.  INSPECTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED LACK OF COMPRESSION WHEN THE ENGINE WAS PULLED THROUGH USING THE PROP INDICATING AN INTERNAL FAIL.

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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