# Accident 20020519010819A: Piper PA28236, Angola, IN, May 19, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2002, 17:50 local time
- Place: Angola, IN
- Airport: Tri-State Steuben County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6633° N, 85.0681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6633&lon=-85.0681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8442A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8442A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020519010819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AT 8000 FT. MSL 46 MILES SE OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN. WHEN ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH, KALAMAZOO ATC RADAR VECTURED A/C TOWARDS ANGOLA AIRPORT. A/C EXPERIENCED TOTAL ENGINE POWER LOSS AND A/C LANDED 2 MILES NE OF AIRPORT IN FIELD. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PAX. TOTAL OF THREE (3) PEOPLE ON BOARD. (.19) ON MAY 19, 2002, AT 1750 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-28-236, N8442A, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR ANGOLA, INDIANA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIR MEDICAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE WAYNE COUNTY AIRPORT (BJJ), WOOSTER, OHIO, AT 1702 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME. THE PILOT REPORTED WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 8,000 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL) THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF ENGINE RPM. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING NEAR IDLE POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 1,500                                                 RPM. THE PILOT REPORTED HE INFORMED KALAMAZOO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) OF THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND HE WAS GIVEN RADAR VECTORS TO THE TRI-STATE STUEBEN COUNTY AIRPORT (ANQ). THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE FORCED LANDING THE ENGINE LOST COMPLETE POWER AND HE WAS UNABLE TO REACH ANQ. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LANDED IN A SOFT AGRICULTURAL FIELD 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI02LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA137), May 19, 2002: Piper PA-28-236 (N8442A), Angola, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor to the accident was the soft terrain condition.

## Other reports on N8442A (1)

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

- [Accident 19900701025859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900701025859A), Jul 1, 1990: Piper PA28236 (N8442A), South Lake Taho, CA, Substantial damage. Taxied across restricted area into airline ramp and wing struck a fuel farm fence.

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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