# Incident 20130926018709I: Piper PA-28R-200, Terre Haute, IN, September 26, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2013, 14:03 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4667° N, 87.4139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Terre Haute, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4667&lon=-87.4139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44327, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44327) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 3,600 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130926018709I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1403 UTC, THE PILOT FLYING AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 7000? MSL DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH TERRE HAUTE AIRPORT (KHUF) FOR HIS ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH AND SMOKE COMING INTO THE CABIN. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN A CORNFIELD NINE MILES SW OF KHUF. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINIMAL. PILOT'S ACTIONS DID CONTRIBUTE TO THE EVENT.

## Other reports on N44327 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820907061749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820907061749I), Sep 7, 1982: Piper PA28R200 (N44327), Middleton, WI, Minor damage. While practicing takeoffs and landings, landed with gear up.

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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