# Incident 20210528007049I: Piper PA-28-150, Vandalia, IL, May 28, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2021, 20:30 local time
- Place: Vandalia, IL
- Airport: Vandalia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9915° N, 89.1662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANDALIA MUNI (VLA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9915&lon=-89.1662&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5981W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5981W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-150 (registry code 7102804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150) (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-28-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 623 total, 585 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210528007049I

## Narrative

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

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^.

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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