# Incident 20160911017159I: Piper PA-28-161, Cedar Lake, IN, September 11, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2016, 13:45 local time
- Place: Cedar Lake, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: KO8S
- Location: 41.3723° N, 87.4420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Lake, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3723&lon=-87.4420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8120B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8120B) (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: 115 total, 49 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160911017159I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED.  HE STATED THAT HE HAD FLOWN FROM GRIFFITH (05C) TO DEKALB, IN (GWB).  HE DEPARTED ABOUT 1030 AND LANDED AT GWB AT ABOUT 1150.  HE IMMEDIATELY DEPARTED GWB TO RETURN TO THE GRIFFITH AREA.  INSTEAD OF LANDING AT GRIFFITH, HE PROCEEDED TO THE PRACTICE AREA TO PRACTICE SOME STEEP TURNS.  HE PERFORMED THIS PRACTICE AT 3,500'. IN PREPARATION TO PERFORM THE TURNS, HE STATED THAT HE SWITCHED FROM THE LEFT TANK WHICH WAS ABOUT HALF FULL TO THE RIGHT TANK WHICH WAS FULL OF FUEL.  HE STATED THAT AFTER 10 MINUTES, HE NOTICED THAT THE RPM WAS DECREASING AND THE ENGINE HAD APPARENTLY QUIT.  HE PERFORMED HIS RESTART CHECKLIST AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE.  HE CALLED THE FLIGHT SCHOOL ON THE RADIO AND LET THEM KNOW THAT HE WOULD BE MAKING AN OFF-FIELD LANDING.  HE LANDED TO THE NORTH IN A BEAN FIELD.

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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