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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Welcome, MN · September 4, 1997

Date
September 4, 1997 · 19:30 local
Place
Welcome, MN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N95011
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total700 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.

Narrative: during cruise flight, pilot noticed rapid consumption of fuel. Pilot attempted to divert to alternate airport, ran out of fuel and made emergency landing on road. No damage or injuries. Fuel line from engine driven fuel pump developed leak.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED RAPID CONSUMPTION OF FUEL. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO DIVERT TO ALTERNATE AIRPORT, RAN OUT OF FUEL AND MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON ROAD. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. FUEL LINE FROM ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP DEVELOPED LEAK.

Other reports on N95011 · 2

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