# Incident 20050409014499I: Piper PA28180, Hillsdale, MI, April 9, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hillsdale, MI
- Airport: Hillsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9213° N, 84.5867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILLSDALE MUNI (JYM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9213&lon=-84.5867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9611J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9611J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 317 total, 165 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050409014499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER 30 MINUTES OF CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND ^PRIVACY DAT^ PROCEEDED TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS FROM THE RIGHT TANK TO THE LEFT TANK BY MEANS OF THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE. AFTER SWITCHING THE VALVE, THE FUEL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ TRIED SWITCHING FUEL TANKS AGAIN AND NOTICED A DECREASE IN ENGINE POWER. ON APPROACH TO HILLSDALE AIRPORT THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT CLIPPED THE TOP OF A TREE AND LANDED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 28.

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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