20001110021679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Ozark, MO · November 10, 2000

Date
November 10, 2000 · 16:30 local
Place
Ozark, MO
Airport
Gimlin Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4589X
Reported as
Piper PA28181
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total40 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The cockpit filled with electrical smoke just after takeoff. Pilot could not see and was having trouble breathing, so he elected to land straight ahead in a pasture.a/c contacted a tree with the right wing and lost the nosewheel, crossing an embankment into a stock pond. Incident #2001IGA0010 is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE COCKPIT FILLED WITH ELECTRICAL SMOKE JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT COULD NOT SEE AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING, SO HE ELECTED TO LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD IN A PASTURE.A/C CONTACTED A TREE WITH THE RIGHT WING AND LOST THE NOSEWHEEL, CROSSING AN EMBANKMENT INTO A STOCK POND. INCIDENT #2001IGA0010 IS CLOSED.