# Incident 19961011044959I: Piper PA23250, El Paso, TX, October 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5447Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5447Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,450 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961011044959I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT SMELLED FUEL IN COCKPIT. RETURNED TO EL PASO. DETERMINED FUEL FLOW GAUGE WHICH WAS JUST INSTALLED HAD A LOOSE FITTING, AIRCRAFT LANDED W/OUT INCIDENT. NTSB NOTIFIED. NO FURTHER ACTION. TOWER DECLARED EMERGENCY FOR PILOT.

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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