# Incident 20010403011299I: Piper PA24250, Carlsbad, NM, April 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2001, 20:45 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, NM
- Airport: Cavern City Air Trml
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3374° N, 104.2634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAVERN CITY AIR TRML (CNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3374&lon=-104.2634&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6236P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6236P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,022 total, 28 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010403011299I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DEPARTED CARLSBAD, NM (CNM) AT 2040 LCL ON RUNWAY 26. CLIMBING THROUGH 5000 FT ENGINE LOST POWER,TRIED SWITCHING FUEL SELECTOR TO LEFT TANK, NO HELP.  TRIED PRIMING AND PUMPED THROTTLE BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART.  THIS WAS DONE WHILE TURNING TOWARD CNM RUNWAY 8.  BEGAN GRADUAL DESCENT UNTIL TOUCHDOWN.  NEGLECTED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR.  TOUCHDOWN SPEED APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. MINIMAL DAMAGE.  THE CAUSE OF THE POWER LOSS WAS FUEL DEPLETION WITH RIGHT FUEL TANK SELECTED.  AFTER PICKING UP AIRCRAFT AND UNLOCKING AND EXTENDING GEAR, TOWED AIRCRAFT TO HANGER, PROP DAMAGE MINOR, SKIN DAMAGE MINOR.  ENGINE STARTED QUICKLY AFTER ALLOWING FUEL PUMP TO RUN FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, LEFT TANK SELECTED.  RIGHT TANK EMPTY.

## Other reports on N6236P (3)

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

- [Incident 20000726035599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000726035599I), Jul 26, 2000: Piper PA24250 (N6236P), Roseburg, OR, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot forgot to extend landing gear. Minor damge to fuselage belly, exhaust pipe, air vent and 1 1/2" corner of l/h flap. Prop runway.
- [Incident 19910717033489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910717033489I), Jul 17, 1991: Piper PA24250 (N6236P), Firebaugh, CA, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion. Vectored to airport. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.
- [Incident 19850916069789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850916069789I), Sep 16, 1985: Piper PA24250 (N6236P), Redding, CA, Minor damage. Electrical system failure. Manual gear extension collapsed on rollout. Small fire. Worn parts in gear motor.

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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