# Incident 20000517021859I: Piper PA28181, Joplin, MO, May 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2000, 00:20 local time
- Place: Joplin, MO
- Airport: Joplin Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1532° N, 94.4988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOPLIN RGNL (JLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1532&lon=-94.4988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47393, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47393) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000517021859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, ON A NIGHT VFR FLIGHT TO JOPLIN, MISSOURI. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS FLYING BELOW AN OVERCAST (CLOUD BASE ABOUT 5,000 FEET MSL) AND THE VISIBILITY WAS VFR, BUT HAZY. HE THOUGHT THE VOR WAS TUNED TO OSWEGO (117.6), WHICH WOULD BRING HIM JUST NORTH OF THE JOPLIN AIRPORT. HOWEVER, AS THE FLIGHT PROGRESSED, HE BECAME UNSURE OF THE AIRCRAFT'S POSITION. HE CONTACTED ATC AND THEY LOCATED HIS AIRCRAFT NEAR MONETT, MISSOURI. HE CONTINUED FROM THAT POSITION DIRECT TO THE JOPLIN AIRPORT AND LANDED. IT APPEARS THE VOR MAY HAVE BEEN TUNED TO NEOSHO (117.3) INSTEAD OF THE OSWEGO VOR (117.6) AND RESULTED IN DISORIENTATION.

## Other reports on N47393 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790826032719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790826032719I), Aug 26, 1979: Piper PA28181 (N47393), Casper, WY, Minor damage. Nose tire blew out on landing , aircraft ran off runway.

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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