# Incident 20010624015499I: Piper PA28161, Grandbay, AL, June 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2001, 12:00 local time
- Place: Grandbay, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4721° N, 88.3444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Bay, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4721&lon=-88.3444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35671, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35671) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010624015499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 24, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CDT, A PIPER PA-28-161, N35671, REGISTERED TO KNOX C. MCLEOD III, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD DUE TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LEFT A PRIVATE AIR FIELD IN MISSISSIPPI AND WAS ENROUTE TO ST. ELMO, ALABAMA WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH.  HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT SURE THAT HE COULD MAKE IT TO THE ST. ELMO AIRPORT SO HE DECIDED TO LAND IN A FIELD WHILE THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS STILL PRODUCING POWER.  DURING THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THE PILOT DID NOT POSSESS A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.  THE PILOT WAS ASKED TO MAKE A WRITTEN STATEMENT BUT DECLINED.  AT THIS TIME IT IS NOT APPARENT WHY THE ENGINE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS AND THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

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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