# Incident 20010403014899I: Piper PA12, Hamilton, NY, April 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2001, 18:30 local time
- Place: Hamilton, NY
- Airport: Hamilton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8434° N, 75.5612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAMILTON MUNI (VGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8434&lon=-75.5612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7914H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7914H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,460 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010403014899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD COMPLETED AN ANNUAL INSPECTION BY MR. RONALD JONES (PILOT/MECHANIC) AND WAS BEING REPOSITIONED BY MR. JONES FROM HIS PRIVATE AIRPORT TO THE HAMILTON, NY AIRPORT (H30). MR. JONES STATED THAT DURING HIS APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 400-500 FEET THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING.  MR. JONES SELECTED THE OPPOSITE FUEL TANK AND DIRECTED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD AN OPEN FIELD.  HE STATED THAT HE DECIDED TO LAND IN THE FIELD RATHER THAN TRY TO REACH THE RUNWAY 17.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND AIRSCOOP DURING LANDING. (SEE ATTACHED FOR MORE INFORMATION).

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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