# Accident 20011111032359A: Piper PA28180, Mansfield, OH, November 11, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2001, 18:25 local time
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8011° N, 82.4883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8011&lon=-82.4883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3672R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3672R-2013-08-22) (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: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011111032359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PA-28-180 AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO MONROE MI (TTF) FROM RALEIGH DURHAM NC (RDU) AND INDICATED TO ATC THAT HE WAS HAVING AN ENGINE PROBLEM AND ASK FOR LANDING INTO MANSFIELD LAHM AIRPORT, MANSFIELD OH (MFD). AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED INTO RUNWAY 32 AND THE ENGINE FAILED DURING THE APPROACH. AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1 MI SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PIC WAS A FATALITY AT THE CRASH SITE AND ONE PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC02FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02FA025), Nov 12, 2001: Piper PA-28-180 (N3672R), Mansfield, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's improper use of carburetor heat, and subsequent forced landing. Factors were the carburetor icing condition, night conditions, trees, and the pilot's impairment from ingestion of an…

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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