# Incident 20000205002689I: Piper PA28161, Factoryville, PA, February 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Factoryville, PA
- Airport: Seamans Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5894° N, 75.7561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEAMANS FLD (9N3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5894&lon=-75.7561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8376L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8376L) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 10 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000205002689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED ESSEX COUNTY AIRPROT (CDW) IN NEW JERSEY AND FLEW TO SKY HAVEN, TUNKHANNOCK, PA. PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET FUEL THERE SO HE DEPARTED SKY HAVEN AND FLEW TO SEAMANS FILED, FACTORYVILLE, PA TO OBTAIN FUEL.  ON APPROACH FOR LANDING TO RUNWAY 22,PILOT SAID HE EXPERIENCED A DOWN DRAFT AND HITA SNOWBANK ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 22, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE FORWARD AND TEAR THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL OFF AND BENDING THE PROP, THE RIGHT MAIN GERA AND PUTTING A BEND IN EACH FLAP.

## Other reports on N8376L (2)

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

- [Incident 20210724011769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210724011769I), Jul 24, 2021: Piper PA-28-161 (N8376L), Clio, AL, Minor damage. While practicing maneuvers the pilot initiated a climb and at the same time switched tanks. A couple minutes later the engine lost power. The engine never quit…
- [Incident 19910107002939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910107002939I), Jan 7, 1991: Piper PA28161 (N8376L), Rockaway Townsh, NJ. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Forced landing on a highway. Pilot failed to switch tank selection as required.

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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