# Incident 19960814039879I: Piper PA32300, Racine, WI, August 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Racine, WI
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7256° N, 87.8142° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Racine, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7256&lon=-87.8142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29145, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29145) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,730 total, 60 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960814039879I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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