# Incident 20020724021119I: Piper PA28140, Pulaski, WI, July 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2002, 19:30 local time
- Place: Pulaski, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6682° N, 88.2343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pulaski, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6682&lon=-88.2343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6687J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6687J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 250 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020724021119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIPER PA-28-140, N6687J SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT WING AND LANDING IN A FIELD ON APPROACH TO CARTER AIRPORT, PULASKI, WISCONSIN ON JULY 24, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 CDT. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, FRANK FAMEREE, AND THE TWO PASSENGERS ONBOARD WERE NOT INJURED. MR. FAMEREE STATED THE VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINALLY DEPARTED ALGOMA, WISCONSIN WITH ONE PASSENGER ONBOARD AND BOTH FUEL TANKS FILLED TO THE TABS WHICH WOULD BE 20 GALLONS OF FUEL PER SIDE. HE STATED HE FLEW TO PULASKI, PICKED UP ONE PASSENGER AND THEN FLEW TO OSHKOSH. HE STATED THE FLIGHT TIME WAS ONE AND ONE-HALF HOURS. AND THE ENTIRE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR ON THE LEFT TANK. HE STATED HE DEPARTED OSHKOSH, WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR STILL ON THE LEFT TANK INTENDING TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS ENROUTE TO PULASKI. MR. FAMEREE STATED HE FORGOT TO SWITCH TANKS AND THAT WHEN ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12 AT PULASKI, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT. HE STATED HE SWITCHED TANKS BUT IT WAS TOO LATE TO CLEAR TREES AHEAD SO HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD. HE STATED THAT THE FLIGHT TIME FROM OSHKOSH TO PULASKI WAS ONE HOUR. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT BURNS EIGHT GALLONS OF FUEL PER HOUR.

## Other reports on N6687J (1)

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

- [Accident 19830516026329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830516026329A), May 16, 1983: Piper PA28140 (N6687J), Ironwood, MI, Substantial damage. Ran off the runway during a crosswind landing. Struck a runway light. Wind exceeded pilots capability for control.

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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