# Incident 20031013029769I: Piper PA23160, Lacon, IL, October 13, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2003, 10:00 local time
- Place: Lacon, IL
- Airport: Marshall County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0188° N, 89.3858° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARSHALL COUNTY (C75), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0188&lon=-89.3858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4147P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4147P-2017-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 850 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031013029769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA O^ AIRMAN LANDED DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY 36 AT LACON MARSHALL COUNTY AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, CROSSED A DITCH, WENT THROUGH AIRPORT FENCING AND CAME TO A STOP ON A ROAD. THE AIRMAN, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR, ENGINE COWLINGS AND WING TIPS. THE AIRMAN STATED HE MISREAD THE WINDSOCK AS HE OVERFLEW THE AIRPORT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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