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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Hamilton, MS · February 15, 2013

Date: February 15, 2013 · 23:59 local
Place: Hamilton, MS
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N51627
Reported as: Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 15 in the last 90 days

N51627Registered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-8562 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Aircraft departed private airport south of mobile, al enroute to stanton, AL. Pilot was taking drugs and couldn't work GPS and was unable to navigate. He landed at unknown airport to "get his bearings", took off again and eventually landed at louisville, MS (well north west of destination). He went into town and realized he had no I.d. or credit cards (or license, drivers or pilot) and returned to airport and took off at 10:30PM. He flew until about midnight and ran out of fuel and glided to a swamp area and flipped over, still further north. He walked out the next day.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PRIVATE AIRPORT SOUTH OF MOBILE, AL ENROUTE TO STANTON, AL. PILOT WAS TAKING DRUGS AND COULDN'T WORK GPS AND WAS UNABLE TO NAVIGATE. HE LANDED AT UNKNOWN AIRPORT TO "GET HIS BEARINGS", TOOK OFF AGAIN AND EVENTUALLY LANDED AT LOUISVILLE, MS (WELL NORTH WEST OF DESTINATION). HE WENT INTO TOWN AND REALIZED HE HAD NO I.D. OR CREDIT CARDS (OR LICENSE, DRIVERS OR PILOT) AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND TOOK OFF AT 10:30PM. HE FLEW UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT AND RAN OUT OF FUEL AND GLIDED TO A SWAMP AREA AND FLIPPED OVER, STILL FURTHER NORTH. HE WALKED OUT THE NEXT DAY.