# Incident 19991122035939I: Piper PA28181, Cedar Rapids, IA, November 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1999, 13:00 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Cedar Rapids Municipal
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0083° N, 91.6441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Rapids, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0083&lon=-91.6441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2531Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2531Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991122035939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO DID NOT SWITCH FUEL SELECTOR TO FUOLEST FUEL TANK.  AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL RESULTING IN AN EMERGENCY OANDING ON THE AIRPORT FROM THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.  AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT AND TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 09.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR AIRPORT PROPERTY.  INCIDENT #ICE20000003.

## Other reports on N2531Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19980324009009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980324009009I), Mar 24, 1998: Piper PA28181 (N2531Y), Springfield, IL. Narrative: N2351Y, a PA-28, landed on runway 22 at Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois. After the landing rollout, the pilot turned off the runway short…

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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