# Incident 20021017029239I: Piper PA28180, Somerset, PA, October 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2002, 08:50 local time
- Place: Somerset, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0050° N, 79.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somerset, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0050&lon=-79.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41872, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41872-2025-01-02) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 220 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021017029239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SEE ATTACHED SHEET FOR PILOT STATEMENT: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VVS FOR AN IFR FLIGHT TO CXY. CLIMBING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 7,500 FT MSL FOR A CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 9,000 FT MSL. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED IN-FLIGHT ICING CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT LOST PITOT STATIC SYSTEM. ATC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO 2G9. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PIC RECEIVED TWO WEATHER BRIEFINGS BY AOO FSS. THE FREEZING LEVEL WAS 3000-4000 FT MSL WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RIME REPORTED BY PEREPS AT 8,000 MSL. N41872, A PA-28, HAS NO ANTI ICE OR DEICE PROTECTION, THEREFORE FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ICING IS PROHIBITED. N41872 DID NOT HAVE A VALID A/C REGISTRATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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