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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-108 · Rossville, TN · January 9, 1992

Date
January 9, 1992 · 13:00 local
Place
Rossville, TN
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5930Z
Reported as
Piper PA22108
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
79 total79 in this make and model

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.

Pilot switched fuel tanks to equalize quantity. Inadvertently switched fuel to off. Engine quit. Landed in field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS TO EQUALIZE QUANTITY. INADVERTENTLY SWITCHED FUEL TO OFF. ENGINE QUIT. LANDED IN FIELD.