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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-150 · Vandalia, IL · May 28, 2021

Date: May 28, 2021 · 20:30 local
Place: Vandalia, IL
Airport: Vandalia Municipal
Phase of flight: Unknown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5981W
Reported as: Piper PA-28-150
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 623 total585 in this make and model

N5981WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-150S/N 28-4322 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

At 2045 fayette county sheriff department and Vandalia police received a call the airport that aircraft had crashed in a farmers field 1 mile south of Vandalia Municipal Airport. Police reported caller reported a pilot was flying recklessly in the area. As the police arrived on scene and approached the aircraft a female running away from the aircraft reported the pilot had a gun and was going to kill himself. Police approached and pulled privacy data omitted.

As the FAA filed it

AT 2045 FAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND VANDALIA POLICE RECEIVED A CALL THE AIRPORT THAT AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED IN A FARMERS FIELD 1 MILE SOUTH OF VANDALIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. POLICE REPORTED CALLER REPORTED A PILOT WAS FLYING RECKLESSLY IN THE AREA. AS THE POLICE ARRIVED ON SCENE AND APPROACHED THE AIRCRAFT A FEMALE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED THE PILOT HAD A GUN AND WAS GOING TO KILL HIMSELF. POLICE APPROACHED AND PULLED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.