# Incident 20040710019839I: Piper PA28*, Topeka, KS, July 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2004, 22:45 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Philip Billard Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0688° N, 95.6224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILIP BILLARD MUNI (TOP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0688&lon=-95.6224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5239W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5239W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28 (registry code 7102801, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28*
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 350 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040710019839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE IN FLIGHT SWITCHED FUEL SELECTOR FROM LEFT TANK TO RIGHT TANK. FUEL PRESSURE DROPPED AND ENGINE STOPPED. SWITCHED BACK TO RIGHT TANK BUT COULD NOT GET ENGINE TO START. PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY 24 NEAR TOPEKA, KS. NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR OTHER PROPERTY.

## Other reports on N5239W (1)

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

- [Accident 19780726018269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780726018269A), Jul 26, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N5239W), Tuscaloosa, AL, Substantial damage. Parking brake would not hold for undetermined reasons. Luscombe N8,substantial.

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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