# Incident 20000925036529I: Piper PA31325, Lakeland, FL, September 25, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59865, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59865) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,554 total, 8 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000925036529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2000 AT 1300 EDT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING A PIPER PA-31 NAVAJO, N59865 ON A VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM THE ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT, SANFORD, FLORIDA (SFB) TO THE VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, VENICE, FLORIDA (VNC). IN THE VICINITY OF BARTOW, FLORIDA THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE PILOT FLEW TO THE LAKELAND LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT, LAKELAND, FLORIDA (LAL) AND LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 23. ON ENTERING THE TAXIWAY FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED ON THE TAXIWAY AFTER WHICH THE ENGINES STARTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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