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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Knoxville, TN · January 2, 1991

Date
January 2, 1991 · 22:05 local
Place
Knoxville, TN
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N33075
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total150 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Fuel exhaustion. Switched tanks but unable to restart. Landed on highway. Fuel drain trapped open and leaking.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL EXHAUSTION. SWITCHED TANKS BUT UNABLE TO RESTART. LANDED ON HIGHWAY. FUEL DRAIN TRAPPED OPEN AND LEAKING.

Other reports on N33075 · 1

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