# Incident 20150308002639I: Piper PA-28-161, Wilson, WI, March 8, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2015, 15:15 local time
- Place: Wilson, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9586° N, 92.1705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilson, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9586&lon=-92.1705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21522, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21522) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 30 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150308002639I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE IN ROUTE FROM APPLETON, WI (ATW) TO LAKE ELMO, MN (21D) WHILE AT 4000', THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND EVENTUALLY QUIT.  PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND ATTEMPTED A RESTART WITHOUT SUCCESS.  PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES ESE OF BALDWIN, WI.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR, LEFT MAIN GEAR AND LEFT FLAP.

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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