# Incident 20050205000749I: Piper PA28R200, Richmond, TX, February 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2005, 09:23 local time
- Place: Richmond, TX
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5795° N, 95.7579° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5795&lon=-95.7579&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15302, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15302-2023-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 6 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050205000749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N15302, A PA-28R-200, DEPARTED SUGAR LAND MUNICIPAL/HULL FIELD (SGR) AT 14:54Z. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT 15:15Z THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED ATC WITH A POSITION REPORT AND LANDING REQUEST. THE PIC STATED THEY WERE USING THE RIGHT FUEL TANK, IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING HE TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMP AND CHANGED TO THE LEFT FUEL TANK. THEN THE ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING AND STOPPED. THE INSTRUCTOR PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY RESTART SEVERAL TIMES. THE PIC CHANGED THE FUEL SELECTOR BACK TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK AND THE INSTRUCTOR TRIED THE EMERGENCY RESTART AGAIN. THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND LANDED IN A FIELD 4 MILES W/SW OF SGR. THE INITIAL EMERGENCY CALL WAS MADE TO ATC AT 15:23Z. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE OR THE TWO CREW MEMBERS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 LOCAL FLIGHT. WEATHER DATA: SPECI 1540Z 06009KT 6SM HZ OVC110 11/07 A3030

## Other reports on N15302 (4)

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

- [Accident 20200728018129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200728018129A), Jul 28, 2020: Piper PA-28R-200 (N15302), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. The night of 07/27/2020 pilot and one passenger departed on a 14 CFR part 141 cross country flight from sugarland, TX (sgr) to tyler, TX (tyr), hugo, ok (hhw)…
- [Incident 19990622032639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990622032639I), Jun 22, 1999: Piper PA28R200 (N15302), Leesburg, VA, Minor damage. (-23) Instructor pilot initiated a simulated engine failure by reducing power with throttle abeam runway 35 numbers at Leesburg airport, VA. While maneuvering…
- [Incident 19970725025149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970725025149I), Jul 25, 1997: Piper PA28R200 (N15302), Wurtsboro, NY, Minor damage. Engine knock. Oil pressure zero. Landed airport. Hole in crankcase. Indicates connecting rod failure.
- [Incident 19920821036899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920821036899I), Aug 21, 1992: Piper PA28R200 (N15302), Cleveland, TN, Minor damage. Appears pilot landed with the gear in a retracted position.

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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