# Incident 20001003030519I: Piper PA28180, Davis City, IA, October 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2000, 14:15 local time
- Place: Davis City, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6400° N, 93.8126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Davis City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6400&lon=-93.8126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8969J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8969J-2018-01-17) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 170 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001003030519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS FLYING FROM CLARINDA IA TO LAMONI IA TO VISIT A CLIENT. PILOT OVERFLEW THE CLIENTS HOME AND TURNED TOWARD THE AIRPORT. THE A/C ENGINE BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER. PILOT CHANGED FUEL TANKS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. RATHER THAN TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT HE MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FARM FIELD. DURING ROLLOUT THE A/C BECAME AIRBORN OVER A SMALL RISE AND HIT THE SLOPE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RISE. NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE SOFT DIRT AND THE A/C FLIPPED OVER AT A LOW SPEED. WINDS WERE APPROX. 150 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS GUSTING TO 15 KNOTS. DIRECTION OF LANDING WAS 180 DEGREES. THE INVESTIGATION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE IS CONTINUING. IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED WHETHER THE A/C WILL BE REPAIRED, BUT IF IT IS REPAIRED THIS OFFICE WILL INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE AT THIS TIME. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THE OVERFLIGHT OF AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE WAS DISCOVERED,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N8969J (1)

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

- [Accident 20070414006309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070414006309A), Apr 14, 2007: Piper PA28180 (N8969J), Viburnum, MO, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) On April 14, 2007 at approximately 1257 UTC, the pilot [privacy data omitted], (pilot in command) departed jefferson city airport (kjef) for an intended…

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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