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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Hillsboro, KS · September 27, 1997

Date: September 27, 1997 · 12:00 local
Place: Hillsboro, KS
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N32314
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 171 total128 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N32314Registered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7525048 · Built 1974 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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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 removed from the field and taken to Hillsboro municipal airport (M66). It was found, when the battery master was turned on that both fuel quantity indicators indicated "zero". Both left and right fuel caps were removed and no fuel was visible in either fuel tank. All available fuel was drained into a container from the main fuel screen. There was approximately two to three tablespoons of fuel remaining in the aircraft. The pilot had landed off the airport in a farm field after the engine stopped. The aircraft received minor damage, but the pilot and passenger were uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIELD AND TAKEN TO HILLSBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (M66). IT WAS FOUND, WHEN THE BATTERY MASTER WAS TURNED ON THAT BOTH FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS INDICATED "ZERO". BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL CAPS WERE REMOVED AND NO FUEL WAS VISIBLE IN EITHER FUEL TANK. ALL AVAILABLE FUEL WAS DRAINED INTO A CONTAINER FROM THE MAIN FUEL SCREEN. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE TABLESPOONS OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT HAD LANDED OFF THE AIRPORT IN A FARM FIELD AFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, BUT THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.