# Incident 20030407005969I: Piper PA28161, Grand Forks, ND, April 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2003, 21:21 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9196° N, 97.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Forks, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9196&lon=-97.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N246ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N246ND) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 84 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030407005969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE FLYING SOLO NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM GRAND FORKS IND. AND MAKING TWO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, ONE AT BEMIDJI MN. AND THE SECOND AT THIEF RIVER FALLS MN. THE PILOT CONTACTED APPROACH AT GRAND FORKS ND. AND NOTICED THE LIGHTS IN THE COCKPIT BEGAN FLASHING. MOMENTS LATER ALL INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WENT OUT. PILOT WAS UNSURE OF THE STATE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A MUDDY FIELD APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES NE OF GRAND FORKS, ND.

## Other reports on N246ND (1)

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

- [Incident 20000713027459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000713027459I), Jul 13, 2000: Piper PA28161 (N246ND), Grand Forks, ND, Minor damage. (-23)On 7-13-2000 at 1650 CDT, a PA-18-161, N246ND operated by the university of north dakota and flown by [privacy data omitted] undershot runway 35R at Grand…

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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