# Incident 20000715028369I: Piper PA28180, Wichita, KS, July 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2000, 14:10 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8063W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8063W-2013-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000715028369I

## Narrative

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

(-23)SOLO PILOT HAD DEPARTED HUMBOLDT, TENNESSEE THREE HOURS EARLIER IN A CHEROKEE WITH A STATED DESTINATION OF WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT. DURING DECENT THE ENGINE QUIT AND PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND IN CESSNA FIELD JUST NORTH ON MCCONNELL AFB.  THERE WERE NO INJUIRES AND ONE PREVIOUSLY CRACKED WHEEL FAIRING HAD TO BE REPLACED.  INSUFFICIENT AND CONFLICTING EVIDENCE FOR FUEL STARVATION ENFORCEMENT.  COUNSELING APPROPRIATE.

## Other reports on N8063W (1)

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

- [Incident 19950313008819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950313008819I), Mar 13, 1995: Piper PA28180 (N8063W), Toledo, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: in addition to the impact damage, this investigation disclosed an approximately 2 inch free play travel in the rudder control while in the neutral…

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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