# Incident 20181005019499I: Piper PA-24-180, Ottawa, OH, October 5, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2018, 11:20 local time
- Place: Ottawa, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0198° N, 84.0353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ottawa, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0198&lon=-84.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5520P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5520P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 949 total, 609 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181005019499I

## Narrative

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

PIPER PA 24-180 , SERIAL NUMBER 24-583 (N5520P)WAS ENROUTE FROM LIVINGSTON CTY SPENCER J HARDY AIRPORT KY (KOZW) VIA ANN ARBOR , MI (KARB) TO K62 (GENE SNYDER AIRPORT).  PPILOT REPORTS HE WAS CRUISING AT 8000 FEET WHEN ENGINE LOST POWER CAUSING FORCED DESCENT TO A FIELD NEAR OTTAWA AIRPORT OHIO (KOWX)AIRCRAFT WAS SOUTHBOUND HEADING 190 DEGREES.  PILOT INFORMED ATC HE WAS DESCENDING TO 6000 FEET.  ATC ADVISED PILOT OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF HIM.  SHORTLY AFTER, PILOT ADVISED ATC HE WAS DESCENDING TO 4000 FEET AND TOLD ATC HE WAS HAVING ENGINE TROUBLE.  ATC ADVISED PILOT OF NEARBY AIRPORTS AND GAVE HIM VECTORS TO NEAREST AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT HAD LOST POWER AND PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD APPROX. TWO MILES NORTH OF PUTNAM COUNTY AIRPORT OHIO (KOWX) LANDING WAS NOT FULLY DEPLOYED AT TOUCH DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ITS BELLY TO A STOP.  NO INJURIES OR FIRE, MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N5520P (1)

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

- [Accident 20240131000869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240131000869A), Jan 31, 2024: Piper PA-24-180 (N5520P), Eufaula, AL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircarft departed Weedon Field, Eufaula, AL. On climbout, the aircraft experienced a sudden loss of power. The aircraft made a turn to the left but appears to…

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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