# Incident 20000816020679I: Piper PA32R300, Topeka, KS, August 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2000, 06:17 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Forbes Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DD5A
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7197F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7197F-2010-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,950 total, 20 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000816020679I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT NOTICED LOW FUEL PRESSURE WHILE ON A PART 135 CARGO FLIGHT FROM KANSAS CITY TO WICHITA, KS. PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT TOPEKA, KS (FOE).  FUEL PRESSURE BECAME NORMAL BEFORE LANDING AND WHILE ON THE GROUND AT FORBES.  PILOT CALLED THE GENERAL MANAGER AND IT WAS DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO WICHITA.  FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N7197F (2)

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

- [Incident 19900327011899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900327011899I), Mar 27, 1990: Piper PA32R300 (N7197F), Syracuse, NY, Minor damage. Had problem extending gear. Finally succeeded and landed. Brushes in gear pump worn out.
- [Incident 19850717051149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850717051149I), Jul 17, 1985: Piper PA32R300 (N7197F), Fulton, NY, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend gear. Propeller struck ground and go around made with gear extension for this landing.

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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