# Incident 20000304003709I: Piper PA28151, Waverly, NE, March 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2000, 18:25 local time
- Place: Waverly, NE
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9120° N, 96.5333° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waverly, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9120&lon=-96.5333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4471F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4471F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 11 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000304003709I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PERSONALLY REFUELED AIRPLANE BEFORE DEPARTURE FROM NEW LISBON, WISC. PILOT STATED HE ONLY FUELED TANKS TO THE "TABS".  HE ASSUMED THIS WAS THE FULL MARK, AS HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WIHT THE AIRCRAFT.  ENROUTE TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, PILOT ENCOUNTERED HEAD WINDS.  PILOT STATED HE WAS TALKING WITH LINCOLN ATC, HE SAW THE FUEL GAUAGE WAS READING EMPTY, HE SWITCHED TANKS, TURNED ON THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP.  THE MOTOR RAN FOR JUST A BIT THEN SPUTTERED AND QUIT.  PILOT MOTIFIED ATC OF THE SITUATION, THAT HE WAS OUT OF GAS, AND WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IT DOWN.  HE AT FIRST ELECTED TO LAND ON HWY 6, BUT NOTICED THERE WAS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD, SO HE ELECTED TO LAND IN SOYBEAN FILED.  PILOT LANDED IN BEAN FIELD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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