# Incident 20000916021449I: Piper PA24, Carrollton, MO, September 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2000, 11:30 local time
- Place: Carrollton, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3636° N, 93.4951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carrollton, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3636&lon=-93.4951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (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 PA24
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000916021449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC STATED THAT HE DEPARTED FROM GREENVILLE, TN. FOR A FLIGHT TO CAMERON, MO. HE HAD ORDERED FUEL PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT, AND ADMITTED THAT HE NEGLECTED TO VISUALLY CHECK HIS FUEL DURING PRE-FLIGHT. HE STATED TO THE LAND OWNER THAT HE RAN OUT OF FUEL AND WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A NEARBY PASTURE. A POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE ABSENCE OF FUEL IN BOTH WING TANKS; THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A FUEL SPILL ON THE GROUND AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF FUEL STAINS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WINGS OR FUSELAGE. THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN AIRBORNE FOR APPROX. 4.4 HOURS BEFORE THE FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED. THE SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED, GEAR-UP, ON A DIRT ROAD DIVIDING TWO PASTURES. MINOR DAMAGE WAS TO PROPELLERS, LOWER COWLING, AND FUSELAGE. PIC WAS ABLE TO EGRESS THROUGH MAIN CABIN DOOR.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N20R (1)

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

- [Incident 20141107019999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141107019999I), Nov 7, 2014: Piper PA-24 (N20R), Cookson, OK, Minor damage. Pilot took off from gok enroute to 44M without incident. Landed at 44M with gear up, causing damage to the propeller and underside of 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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