# Accident 20041017025759A: Piper PA28160, Altoona, WI, October 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2004, 19:05 local time
- Place: Altoona, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8658° N, 91.4842° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8658&lon=-91.4842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5520W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5520W-2006-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041017025759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED: HE ARRIVED AT THE MENOMONEE, WI AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40 EDT ON 10/17/2004. THE PILOT PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION AND HAD THE FUEL TANKS FILLED AND SERVICED THE A/C ENGINE WITH OIL. MR. KRAEMER DEPARTED W11 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:55 ON THE RIGHT FUEL TANK AND ARRIVED AT LONE ROCK (LNR) AT APPROXIMATELY 12:05 EDT. AT APPROXIMATELY 14:45 THE PILOT RETURNED TO LNR AND SWITCHED FUEL TO THE LEFT TANK. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO GIVE TWO SIGHTSEEING FLIGHTS OF APPROXIMATELY 70 MINUTES. AT 15:55 MR. KRAEMER DEPARTED LNR FOR EAU APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES FROM EAU THE ENGINE FAILED, HE THEN SELECTED THE RIGHT FUEL TANK THE ENGINE DIDN'T RESPOND. MR. KRAEMER THEN FOUND A STREET IN ALTOONA, WIL AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREE AND CAME TO REST IN THE FRONT YARD OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE FAA REVEALED: THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE RIGHT WING TANK HAD 12.5 GAL. OF FUEL. NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05CA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA006), Oct 18, 2004: Piper PA-28-160 (N5520W), Altoona, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel management leading to the fuel starvation in the left tank during the flight's descent. A factor was the impacted power line.

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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