# Incident 20000923024389I: Piper PA24260, Peoria, IL, September 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2000, 15:59 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Greater Peoria
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6936° N, 89.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6936&lon=-89.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9188P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9188P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 340 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000923024389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/23/00, WHILE ON A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM DECATUR TO MOLINE, IL. WITH ONE PASSENGER, THE APPROPRIATELY RATED PILOT IN COMMAND IN A PIPER PA24-260 AT 6000 FEET MSL UNDER ACTUAL INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. THE PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER SWITCHING FUEL TANKS. THE PIC THEN SWITCH BACK AND THE FULLEST TANK AND REGAINED FULL POWER FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THEN THE PIC EXPERIENCED ANOTHER PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER AND THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AGAIN, REGAINED POWER AND ELECTED TO TURN BACK TO PEORIA. THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TO PEORIA WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED.

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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