# Incident 20060516011579I: Piper PA24250, Lake Elsinore, CA, May 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2006, 14:20 local time
- Place: Lake Elsinore, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6681° N, 117.3273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Elsinore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6681&lon=-117.3273&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6484P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6484P-2022-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 60 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060516011579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF HIS ENGINE ABRUPTLY QUIT. HE IMMEDIATELY LOOKED FOR A SAFE PLACE TO LAND AND ACCOMPLISHED THIS WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. HE ALSO STATED THAT WHEN HE PREFLIGHTED HIS AIRCRAFT HE CHECKED HIS REMAINING FUEL. HE FELT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6 GALLONS IN EACH TANK. WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT, HE CHOSE TO LAND IMMEDIATELY. DURING THE INVESTIGATION IT APPEARED ONE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY BUT THE OTHER TANK HAD FUEL REMAINING.

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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