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FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · New Stanton, PA · October 9, 2002

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Date
October 9, 2002 · 18:33 local
Place
New Stanton, PA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8417Y
Reported as
Piper PA18150
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total850 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days
N8417YRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-8861 · Built 1970Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) The aircraft departed danbury, CT (dxr) at 1515 hours local time on a nonstop VFR (visual flight rules) flight to finleyville, PA (G05). The aircraft had flown three hours and eighteen minutes when the engine failed as a result of fuel exhaustion in the New Stanton, PA. Area. The pilot successfully landed the airplane in a southerly direction on Pennsylvania route 66 and intentionally coasted from the highway surface, finally coming to rest on the grassy medial strip that separates the concrete lanes.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DANBURY, CT (DXR) AT 1515 HOURS LOCAL TIME ON A NONSTOP VFR (VISUAL FLIGHT RULES) FLIGHT TO FINLEYVILLE, PA (G05). THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN THREE HOURS AND EIGHTEEN MINUTES WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED AS A RESULT OF FUEL EXHAUSTION IN THE NEW STANTON, PA. AREA. THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED THE AIRPLANE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION ON PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 66 AND INTENTIONALLY COASTED FROM THE HIGHWAY SURFACE, FINALLY COMING TO REST ON THE GRASSY MEDIAL STRIP THAT SEPARATES THE CONCRETE LANES.