# Incident 20000823028619I: Piper PA28181, Ankeny, IA, August 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2000, 18:45 local time
- Place: Ankeny, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7297° N, 93.6058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ankeny, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7297&lon=-93.6058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2869A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2869A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Pilot flight hours: 593 total, 500 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000823028619I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED THE PIPER PA-28-181, N2869A, SHORT OF THE ANKENY, IA AIRPORT BY APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES IN A CORN FIELD, DUE TO ENGINE STOPAGE.  ^PRIVACY DATA ^ SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  A WRITTEN STATMENT WAS PROVIDED AND THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED NO SIGNS OF FUEL IN THE TANKS OR ON THE GROUND.  THE AIRPLANE WAS IN THE CORNFIELD AND RESCUE PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE.  THE RESCUE CREWS STATED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ SAID THAT SHE RAN OUT OF FUEL.  A STATEMENT BY THE MECHANIC THAT RECOVERED THE AIRPLANE ATTESTS TO THE FACT THERE WAS NO APPARENT FUEL IN THE AIRPLANE.  ^PRIVACY DATA ^ DEPARTED BOWMAN FIELD IN LOUISEVILLE, KENTUCKY ON AUGUST 23, 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 1950Z.  THE ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED AT 2345Z.  IT WAS REPORTED TO BE FULL OF FUEL WHEN SHE DEPARTED LOUISVILLE, KY.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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