# Incident 20000621032069I: Piper PA32260, Marlin, TX, June 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2000, 20:15 local time
- Place: Marlin, TX
- Airport: Marlin Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3407° N, 96.8520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARLIN (T15), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3407&lon=-96.8520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111FC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N111FC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 15 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000621032069I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 20, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 2015 CDT, A PIPER PA-32, N111FC, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD AFTER LOOSING POWER FOLLOWING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT MARLIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MARLIN, TEXAS (T15).  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                      THE FLIGHT WAS A PART 91 FLIGHT FOR PROFICIENCY, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, AND VISUAL METEOROLGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE COWLING, NOSE GEAR, AND PROPELLER, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, THE LONE OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT'S CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT (ACT), WACO, TEXAS AT APPROXIAMTELY 1830 CDT ON JUNE 20, 2000.  THE FAA INVESTIGATOR AT THE SCENE NOTED THERE WAS NO FUEL INT HE LEFT TIP TANK, BUT ALL THREE OF THE OTHER TANKS CONTAINED FUEL.  THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS OBSERVED TO BE IN THE LEFT MAIN TANK POSITION.

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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