# Incident 19991205034909I: Piper PA28180, Gilette, WY, December 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: Gilette, WY
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8967J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8967J) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 860 total, 300 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991205034909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION 20 MILES S.E. OF GILLETTE WY. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT DID A MAGNETO CHECK AND INADVERTENTLY TURNED THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION, THE IGNITION SWITCH COULD NOT BE RETURNED TO THE ON POSITION.  THE STUDENT RECEIVING THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTION HAD INADVERTENTLY USED THE WRONG KEY FOR THE AIRCRAFT.  A FORCED LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT OR STUDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED.  THE FLIGHT WAS VCONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR 91 UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.

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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