Friday, August 14, 2026

Piper PA-28-160 Cherokee, N5243W, incident occurred on August 10, 2026, near Boonville, Missouri

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this writing will be corrected when/if the NTSB preliminary report is released.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N5243W

- History of Flight:
On August 10, 2026, at about 1408 local time, a Piper PA-28-160 Cherokee, registered to Falcon Air LLC, N5243W, was not damaged in a forced landing near Boonville, Missouri. The sole pilot onboard was not injured. The training flight originated from Moberly Airport (MBY/KMBY), 
Moberly, Missouri, at 1336.

The FAA reported that the airplane landed in a field as the pilot thought "they may lose consciousness, feeling lightheaded."

The airplane departed the field on August 12, 2026, and returned to KMBY.

Figure 1: Entire Track

Figure 2: End of track

Figure 3: Departure from field 2 days later

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