# Accident 20030907021489A: Piper PA22, Atwood, IL, September 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2003, 19:00 local time
- Place: Atwood, IL
- Airport: Cooch Landing Area Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8417° N, 88.4583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8417&lon=-88.4583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N615A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N615A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 22 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030907021489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRMAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A PRIVATE USE GRASS RUNWAY. THE AIRMAN MISTOOK A SOYBEAN FIELD FOR THE RUNWAY AND STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO GO AROUND OR DO A TOUCH AND GO AFTER HE REALIZED IT WAS A BEAN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN CHEST HIGH SOYBEANS AND NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK AS IT CAME TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED NO 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 CHI03LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA304), Sep 8, 2003: Piper PA-22 (N615A), Atwood, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to correctly identify the location of the airport. Factors to the accident include the pilot flying while fatigued, which contributed to his misidentification of the runway, and…

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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