# Incident 20200224002229I: Piper PA-28-161, Corning, AR, February 24, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2020, 12:30 local time
- Place: Corning, AR
- Airport: Corning Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4042° N, 90.6479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORNING MUNI (4M9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4042&lon=-90.6479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821BE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N821BE) (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: 163 total, 100 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200224002229I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 24, 2020 A PIPER PA28 FLOWN BY A NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT GOT STUCK ABOVE A CLOUD DECK WHILE ENROUTE FROM TEXAS TO OHIO. AIRMAN STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO STOP FOR FUEL IN BENTON, AR (KSUZ) BUT DUE TO FAVORABLE TAILWINDS HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO PARAGOULD, AR (KPGR). ENROUTE THE WEATHER DETERIORATED AND THE AIRMAN WAS UNABLE TO FIND A VMC HOLE IN THE CLOUD DECK. AIRMAN CONTACTED MEMPHIS ARTCCC AND REQUESTED HELP TO THE NEAREST VFR AIRPORT. DURING THIS TIME THE AIRMAN NOTICED THAT HE WAS RUNNING LOW ON FUEL AND PASSED THIS INFORMATION TO MEMPHIS CENTER. MEMPHIS CENTER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR THE AIRMAN DUE TO THE LOW FUEL STATE AND NO VFR CONDITION AIRPORTS WITHIN RANGE OF THE AIRCRAFT. A CFI RATED CONTROLLER WAS ABLE TO TALK THE AIRMAN TO THE GROUND BY PERFORMING A GPS APPROACH AT CORNING, AR (4M9).

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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