25.7503° N, 80.3742° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Tamiami Airport, closed, within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 31, 2001 · 22:00 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Tamiami Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5893F
Reported as
Piper PA28181
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
70 total2 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23)Aircraft was on left base of runway 27L, (tamimi airport) when engine lost power. The pilot landed in small lake just southeast of airport. The pilot stated that he failed to track fuel and did not switch to the right fuel tank when the fuel in the left tank was exhusted.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS ON LEFT BASE OF RUNWAY 27L, (TAMIMI AIRPORT) WHEN ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT LANDED IN SMALL LAKE JUST SOUTHEAST OF AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FAILED TO TRACK FUEL AND DID NOT SWITCH TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WHEN THE FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK WAS EXHUSTED.