# Incident 20020404019199I: Piper PA31, Harrisburg, PA, April 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: Capital City
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2171° N, 76.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2171&lon=-76.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35AS-2019-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 350 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020404019199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N35AS INFORMED CAPITAL CITY (CXY) CONTROL TOWER AT APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES OUT FOR LANDING THAT IT HAD MINIMUM FUEL. AT APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OUT AIRCRAFT N34AS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT CXY ON RUNWAY 30 WITH BOTH PROPELLERS FEATHERED. AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AND WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. PILOT STATED HE FLEW A FIVE HOUR PHOTO FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AND PLANNED TERMINATION AT CXY. HE STATED THAT ABOUT FOUR MILES FROM THE LANDING AIRPORT, THE "LEFT ENGINE SURGED ONCE OR TWICE" AND HE SECURED THE LEFT ENGINE. AT APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM LANDING, HE SHUT DOWN AND FEATHERED THE OPERATING (RIGHT) ENGINE "TO PREVENT ENGINE SURGING DURING FLARE." AIRCRAFT PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK INDICATES 187.3 U.S. GALLONS USABLE IN WING TANKS, AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED WITH 185.6 GALLONS ADDED TO WING TANKS.

## Other reports on N35AS (1)

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

- [Incident 20180330024839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180330024839I), Mar 30, 2018: Piper PA-31 (N35AS), Payson, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft was landing at Payson when the nose gear collapsed during roll out. Right hand main landing gear collapsed and aircraft veered off runway 24 to the…

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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