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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Williamsburg, VA · September 4, 2003

Date
September 4, 2003 · 08:10 local
Place
Williamsburg, VA
Airport
Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44084
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total500 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On the approach to the Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport, the engine quit running because of fuel starvation. The pilot did not move the fuel selector to the tank with fuel; therefore, an off-airport landing occurred.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON THE APPROACH TO THE WILLIAMSBURG-JAMESTOWN AIRPORT, THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING BECAUSE OF FUEL STARVATION. THE PILOT DID NOT MOVE THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE TANK WITH FUEL; THEREFORE, AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING OCCURRED.