# Accident 19850512017029A: Piper PA22150, Fort Pierce, FL, May 12, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1985, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7315D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7315D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,402 total, 73 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85FLD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FLD02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850512017029A

## Narrative

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

LANDED IN SANDY AREA AFTER ENGINE QUIT. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK.  WATER AND CONTAMINATION IN FUEL SYSTEM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA85FLD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FLD02), May 12, 1985: Piper PA-22-150 (N7315D), Fort Pierce, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7315D (1)

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

- [Accident 19910704025959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910704025959A), Jul 4, 1991: Piper PA22150 (N7315D), Tunkhannock, PA, Substantial damage. Failed reset back trim for takeoff with back seat load. Nose high premature takeoff. Stalled. No full load training

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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