# Incident 19790531028569I: Piper PA32260, Basehor, KS, May 31, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1979, 21:20 local time
- Place: Basehor, KS
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1315° N, 94.9348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Basehor, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1315&lon=-94.9348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56176, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56176-1989-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 925 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790531028569I

## Narrative

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

ZG FORCED LANDING DUE TO FUEL STARVATION FROM SELECTED TANK.

## Other reports on N56176 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790909048619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790909048619I), Sep 9, 1979: Piper PA32260 (N56176), Kansas City, MO. Oil pump impeller broke leading to engine failure after takeoff. Pilot landed safely engine s/ L1504640.

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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