# Incident 20130215002109I: Piper PA-18-150, Hamilton, MS, February 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2013, 23:59 local time
- Place: Hamilton, MS
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7466° N, 88.4076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hamilton, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7466&lon=-88.4076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51627, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51627) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130215002109I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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