19990925032469I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Tippecanoe, IN · September 25, 1999

Date
September 25, 1999 · 15:30 local
Place
Tippecanoe, IN
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8901J
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A3A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
408 total21 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) Fuel starvation of the left fuel tank; attempt was made to switch to the right tank without engaging the electric fuel boost pump resulting in the fuel starvation to the engine. A precautionary landing was made in a corn field.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FUEL STARVATION OF THE LEFT FUEL TANK; ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO SWITCH TO THE RIGHT TANK WITHOUT ENGAGING THE ELECTRIC FUEL BOOST PUMP RESULTING IN THE FUEL STARVATION TO THE ENGINE. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE IN A CORN FIELD.