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FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Racine, WI · August 14, 1996

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Date
August 14, 1996 · 17:00 local
Place
Racine, WI
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N29145
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,730 total60 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days
N29145Registered now · Piper PA-32-300S/N 32-7940128Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300

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What happened

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

Narrative: aircraft was enroute to kenosha, WI (enw) during cruise flight the engine failed. The pilot made an uneventful emergency landing in a farm field. Investigation revealed the engine driven fuel pump had failed. Fuel pump failure was caused by a retaining washer gasket separating from the pull rod assembly and lodging in the pump outlet valve. In this condition the aircraft electric boost pump can not bypass fuel to the engine. Lycoming was notified. A s.b.525 was issued and an a d is pending.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO KENOSHA, WI (ENW) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FARM FIELD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED. FUEL PUMP FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A RETAINING WASHER GASKET SEPARATING FROM THE PULL ROD ASSEMBLY AND LODGING IN THE PUMP OUTLET VALVE. IN THIS CONDITION THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC BOOST PUMP CAN NOT BYPASS FUEL TO THE ENGINE. LYCOMING WAS NOTIFIED. A S.B.525 WAS ISSUED AND AN A D IS PENDING.