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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Lafayette, IN · December 16, 2008

Date: December 16, 2008 · 17:15 local
Place: Lafayette, IN
Airport: Purdue University
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N8311C
Reported as: Piper PA32R300
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total3,500 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

N8311CRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7680092 · Built 1975 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft encountered significant icing conditions enroute. The pilot declared an emergency and was vectored by ATC personnel, landing safely at Lafayette, Indiana (klaf). The pilot also reported a loss of electronic navigational capability during the emergency, the cause of which is undetermined. Visual meteorological conditions were reported at the time of the landing.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT ICING CONDITIONS ENROUTE. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS VECTORED BY ATC PERSONNEL, LANDING SAFELY AT LAFAYETTE, INDIANA (KLAF). THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED A LOSS OF ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CAPABILITY DURING THE EMERGENCY, THE CAUSE OF WHICH IS UNDETERMINED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING.