Date:	Wednesday 15 August 2012
Time:	12:30 LT
Type:	Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N2572D
MSN:	38-79A0380
Year of manufacture:	1978
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Near Mason City, IA -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Boone Municipal Airport (BNW) KBNW
Destination airport:	Mason City Municipal - (MCW) KMCW
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
An instructor and student pilot were practicing instrument flying when the engine quit. They were attempting to make it to the Mason City Municipal Airport when the plane crashed into a seed corn field. Neither the instructor nor the student required hospitalization, but the aircraft was destroyed.

http://kathrynaviationnews.com/?p=77638
https://www.radioiowa.com/2012/08/15/student-pilot-instructor-uninjured-in-plane-crash-near-plymouth/
https://northiowatoday.com/2012/08/15/plane-lands-safely-in-cornfield-northeast-of-mason-city-wednesday-afternoon/
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N2572D

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Piper-PA-38-112-Tomahawk/0252283/L?sid=ef948fd6688bce7860f1eceee478c1be

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Aug-2012 08:33	vvvww	Added
16-Aug-2012 09:03	Geno	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
16-Aug-2012 09:17	vvvww	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport]
16-Aug-2012 12:46	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport]