# Incident 19971227046329I: Piper PA31325, Wharton, TX, December 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1997, 15:05 local time
- Place: Wharton, TX
- Airport: Wharton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2543° N, 96.1544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHARTON RGNL (ARM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2543&lon=-96.1544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N611DP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N611DP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 120 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971227046329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS DESCENDING FOR APPROACH TO 3R1 AND ENGINES BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. PILOT DECIDED TO ATTEMPT A LANDING AT 5R5, AND LANDED 1/2 MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY @5R5. PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED BY FSDO OPERATIONS INSPECTOR AT WHICH TIME HE ADMITTED TO NOT HAVING ENOUGH FUEL, ALSO TWO ASI'S WENT TO THE SCENE AND VERIFIED THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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