# Accident 20000208009879A: Piper PA38112, Alma, MI, February 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2000, 07:15 local time
- Place: Alma, MI
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3704° N, 84.6508° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Aircraft: N4276E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4276E-2001-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000208009879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH ENROUTE. LEFT FUEL TANK WAS SELECTED AND CARB HEAT APPLIED. ENGINE RECOVERED FOR A SHORT TIME THEN LOST POWER. EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN A PLOWED FIELD. TOUGHDOWN WAS TO THE WEST HEADED FOR THE FENCE OF THE ADJACENT FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT PASSED THROUGH THE FENCE ROW AND THE DRIFTED SNOW, STRIKING A FENCE POST WITH THE LEFT WING, AND THEN WENT OVER ON ITS BACK IN THE ADJACENT FIELD.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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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