# Incident 20020628017829I: Piper PA23150, Lancaster, PA, June 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2002, 13:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1258P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1258P-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-150 (registry code 7102303, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23150
- Reported engine: LYC O320B3B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 600 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/20020628017829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO DEPARTING PNE, HE SUMPED THE FUEL TANKS AND NOTED WATER. HE DRAINED UNTIL CLEAR. UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT TO LANCASTER AIRPORT. AFTER TOPPING THE FUEL TANKS IN LANCASTER, THE PILOT STATED HE NOTED A LOT MORE WATER IN THE SUMP SAMPLES. HE CONTINUED TO DRAIN UNTIL CLEAR FUEL WAS OBTAINED. TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL, ATTAINED AN ALTITUDE OF 200' AND AIRSPEED OF 110 KTS. WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE QUIT. STILL HAD PLENTY OF RUNWAY LEFT AND ELECTED TO LAND ON THE SAME RUNWAY. HE THEN LOWERED THE GEAR WHICH DID NOT COMPLETELY LOCK DOWN PRIOR TO MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT GEAR LOCKED DOWN, THE RIGHT MAIN, AND THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HOISTED AND THE RIGHT GEAR LOCKED DOWN. THE NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK WAS BROKEN AND HAD TO BE SECURED IN THE DOWN POSITION. WE THEN INITIATED AN ENGINE START WHICH STARTED IMMEDIATELY AND RAN SMOOTH WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. SUSPECT INGESTION OF WATER INTO RIGHT ENGINE FUEL SYSTEM CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAIL.

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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