N5185Z

Piper PA-22-108

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

  • August 29, 1983Accident

    REPORTEDLY, THE PLT WAS RETURNING TO THE DEPARTURE ARPT TO LAND WHEN THE ENG LOST POWER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING IN A CORN FIELD. AN EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED EXCESSIVE CARBON IN THE EXHAUST STACK. ALSO, THE PRIMER WAS FOUND NOT FULLY CLOSED. REPORTEDLY, THE ENG WAS RUNNING RICH WITH PRIMER IN THAT POSITION.

    Piper PA-22