# Incident 20040122002309I: Piper PA32300, San Jose, IL, January 22, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: San Jose, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3051° N, 89.6048° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3051&lon=-89.6048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1541X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1541X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040122002309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 22 AT ABOUT 1030 CST WHILE ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM MARION IL, TO PEORIA IL, CRUISING AT 4000 FEET THE APPROPRIATELY RATED AND QUALIFIED PILOT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH PIA ATCT. THE PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A HARVESTED SOYBEAN FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THE PILOT AND 1 PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N1541X (1)

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

- [Incident 19981115043069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981115043069I), Nov 15, 1998: Piper PA32300 (N1541X), Marion, IL, Minor damage. (-5)On November 15, 1998, at approximately 1755 CST, Piper pa 32-300, N1541X struck a deer during landing following a night instrument approach to runway 20 at…

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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