# Incident 19980120003719I: Piper PA28161, Douglas, AZ, January 20, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1998, 07:45 local time
- Place: Douglas, AZ
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 31.3993° N, 109.5413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Douglas, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3993&lon=-109.5413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2221K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2221K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 263 total, 180 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980120003719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AT 0645 WITH A STUDENT. AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. AFTER 45 MINS. THE STUDENT SELECTED LEFT FUEL TANK. THE VALVE EITHER ROTATED PAST DETENT OR WAS NOT COMPLETELY IN THE SELECTED FUEL TANK. A/C RAN OUT OF FUEL & THE INSTRUCTOR ELECTED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. I ASKED THE POI TO DISCUSS THIS INCIDENT WITH THE CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AS WELL AS THE PIC AND DETERMINE IF ANY FURTHER ACTION WAS NEEDED.

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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