# Incident 20030820020969I: Piper PA31310, Lubbock, TX, August 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2003, 15:45 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock International Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6463L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6463L-2008-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030820020969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 20, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1545 CDT, A PIPER PA-31 NAVAJO, N6463L, SERIAL NUMBER 31-421, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A COTTON FIELD LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED TO THE SOUTH, PARALLEL TO THE COTTON ROWS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE SINGLE OCCUPANT, AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTAINED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE RIGHT ENGINE ALSO LOST POWER. INSPECTION OF THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS REVEALED THAT INDICATING NEEDLES SHOWED APPROXIMATELY 1/8 FUEL LEFT IN ALL FUEL TANKS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH THE FINAL DESTINATION BEING LUBBOCK, VIA ADDISON AND ABILENE, TEXAS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD THE MAIN TANKS TOPPED OFF PRIOR TO DEPARTURE AND THE AUXILIARY TANKS WERE APPROX. 3/8 FULL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT REFUEL IN ADDISON OR ABILENE.

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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