# Incident 20081216854219I: Piper PA32R300, Lafayette, IN, December 16, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2008, 17:15 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8311C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8311C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-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 PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081216854219I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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