# Incident 20011029028769I: Piper PA28161, Beaver Falls, PA, October 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2001, 16:20 local time
- Place: Beaver Falls, PA
- Airport: Beaver County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SKNS
- Location: 40.7725° N, 80.3914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAVER COUNTY (BVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7725&lon=-80.3914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N529PU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N529PU-2005-10-25) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 188 total, 163 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/20011029028769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT, KENT E. BLUM, HE STATED THAT HE DEPARTED BVI AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 LOCAL TIME ENROUTE TO ELKHART IN (EKM) AND ATTEMPTED A RETURNED TO BEAVER COUNTY AIRPORT, PA (BVI) WITHOUT STOPPING FOR FUEL. THE AIRPLANE LOST POWER AND LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WEST OF BVI. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP FARING, NOSE GEAR, AND PROPELLER. APPROXIMATELY 16 OZ. OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM BOTH FUEL TANKS. THERE WERE NO VISIBILE SIGNS OF A FUEL LEAK FROM THE FILLER CAPS, FUEL LINES, FUEL PUMP, OR CARBURETOR. HOBBS TIME INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS AIRBORNE FOR 4.9 HOURS. PILOT WAS NOT HURT IN THE FORCED LANDING, AND AN EIR WILL BE PROCESSED ON THE PILOT. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT (SEE ATTACHED PILOT STATEMENT).

## Other reports on N529PU (1)

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

- [Incident 19981115045229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981115045229I), Nov 15, 1998: Piper PA28161 (N529PU), Lafayette, IN, Minor damage. (-5) While taxiing from the hanger 6 west at the Purdue airport (laf) the student pilot lost control of the aircraft and allowed the aircraft to strike another…

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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