# Incident 19990602016059I: Piper PA23250, Peoria, IL, June 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1999, 21:58 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QGKA
- Location: 40.6936° N, 89.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6936&lon=-89.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40599, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40599) (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 TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 205 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990602016059I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/2/99, AT APPROXIMATELY 2158 CDT WHILE ON A REVENUE FLIGHT FROM DECATUR IL (DEC) TO PEORIA IL (PIA) IN VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE PILOT IN COMMAND NOTICED THE FUEL FLOW ON THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS LOWER THAN THE LEFT SIDE AND OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 10 MINUTES CONTINUED TO DECREASE TO THE POINT THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND SECURED THE ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH PIA APPROACH CONTROL.  THE FLIGHT LANDED AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT PIA WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT.                                                                                                                    THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N40599 (2)

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

- [Incident 19990426021329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990426021329I), Apr 26, 1999: Piper PA23250 (N40599), Champaign-Urban, IL. On 4/26/99, at approsimately 0824 CDT while on a revenue flight from peoria IL (pia) to Champaign IL (cmi) in VFR weather conditions, the pilot in command…
- [Incident 19980729030729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980729030729I), Jul 29, 1998: Piper PA23250 (N40599), Peoria, IL, Minor damage. N40599 landed on runway 31 and struck a deer approximately 500 feet nw of taxiway ee. The pilot stated that the aircraft struck the deer with the nose gear and…

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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