# Incident 20030906024609I: Piper PA28180, Estherville, IA, September 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2003, 09:00 local time
- Place: Estherville, IA
- Airport: Estherville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4075° N, 94.7464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESTHERVILLE MUNI (EST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4075&lon=-94.7464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1551S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1551S) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030906024609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 6 AT THE ESTHERVILLE, IOWA, AIRPORT WITH FOUR OCCUPANTS ON BOARD. THE RUNWAY IS A GRASS RUNWAY 2985 FEET IN LENGTH. THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT THE TIME. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING OFF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT AND REALIGN THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE BACK TO THE GROUND. THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD AS HE WAS UNSURE IF HE WOULD BE ABLE TO STOP IN THE RUNWAY DISTANCE REMAINING. THERE WAS MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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