# Incident 20031130032129I: Piper PA28181, Webster City, IA, November 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2003, 17:40 local time
- Place: Webster City, IA
- Airport: Webster City Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4364° N, 93.8690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEBSTER CITY MUNI (EBS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4364&lon=-93.8690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8129S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8129S-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,186 total, 100 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031130032129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT FROM SEDALIA MEMORIAL AIRPORT TO FORT DODGE, THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED IN A PICKED BEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2.6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEBSTER CITY, IOWA. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^

## Other reports on N8129S (1)

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

- [Incident 19871103072399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871103072399I), Nov 3, 1987: Piper PA28181 (N8129S), Coalinga, CA, Minor damage. The nose wheel fairing hit a wire during final approach. A safe landing was made at nas lemoore.

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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