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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Pilot Point, TX · February 12, 2000

Date: February 12, 2000 · 10:30 local
Place: Pilot Point, TX
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7490P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total500 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N7490PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-2683 · Built 1961 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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) On February 12, 2000 at CST, a Piper PA-24, registration number N7490P, privacy data omitted , was involved in an incident when at cruise the Pilot was unable to move the fuel selector to the proper fuel tank. The Pilot performed emergency landing after the engine stop because of low fuel. The Pilot was personal with clear weather and no flight plan filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and no injury to the Pilot. The Pilot holds an airline transport, airplane multiengine land, airplane single land and commercial Pilot certificate, number 002165182. The flight originated at south brazos Texas, on February 12, 2000 at 8:15 a.m.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 12, 2000 AT CST, A PIPER PA-24, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7490P, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHEN AT CRUISE THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE PROPER FUEL TANK. THE PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE STOP BECAUSE OF LOW FUEL. THE PILOT WAS PERSONAL WITH CLEAR WEATHER AND NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. THE PILOT HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND, AIRPLANE SINGLE LAND AND COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE, NUMBER 002165182. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SOUTH BRAZOS TEXAS, ON FEBRUARY 12, 2000 AT 8:15 A.M.