# Incident 20020612019089I: Piper PA25235, Laurel, DE, June 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2002, 08:05 local time
- Place: Laurel, DE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 38.5738° N, 75.5712° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laurel, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5738&lon=-75.5712&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4898Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4898Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 350 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020612019089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FARM FIELD DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. AGRICULTURAL SPRAYING WAS IN PROCESS AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. PLACE OF INCIDENT WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 MILES WEST OF LAUREL AIRPORT ON ROUTE 24. (LAUREL SHARPTOWN ROAD)

## Other reports on N4898Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19980617029599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980617029599I), Jun 17, 1998: Piper PA25235 (N4898Y), Laurel, DE, Minor damage. While spraying crops the pilot experienced an engine failure and made an emergency landing in a wheat field. The pilot was not injured and the aircraft…

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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