# Incident 20000918029609I: Piper PA28161, Chandler, AZ, September 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2000, 12:34 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N628SM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N628SM-2017-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000918029609I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PIC WAS GIVING INSTRUMENT APPROACHES INSTRUCTION TO CREATED STUDENT. AS A/C REACHED MDA OF 500 FT AGL ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH.  HAD STUDENT SWITCH TANKS, BOOST ON.  MADE AGGRESSIVE TURN TO AIRPORT FROM WIDE DOWN WIND.  SAW A/C WAITING TO DEPART ACTIVE.  MADE DECISION  TO MAKE OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN PLOWED DIRT FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/8 MILE FROM AIRPORT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET ABOVE GROUND, ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN.  CONTINUED TO LAND OFF FIELD.  AIRCRAFT SIS NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.  MAINTENANCE FOUND BOTH TANKS EMPTY, LESS THAN 1 GALLON OF FUEL IN EACH TANK.  MAINTENANCE FILLED TANKS WITH FUEL, PERFORMED ENGINE RUN UP.

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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