# Incident 20070428011929I: Piper PA22150, Clinton, LA, April 28, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2007, 19:25 local time
- Place: Clinton, LA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8617° N, 91.0155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clinton, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8617&lon=-91.0155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3165Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3165Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 110 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070428011929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE 14 CFR PART 91 PASSENGER-CARRYING PLEASURE FLIGHT IN N3165Z, A PIPER PA 22-150, ORIGINATED AS THE 315 NM RETURN LEG FROM TALLADEGA, AL (ANS) AT APPROXIMATELY 1615 LOCAL TIME ON SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER 9 NM NORTHEAST OF ITS INTENDED DESTINATION WHICH WAS AT A & P AIRPORT IN SLAUGHTER, LA. THE PILOT IN COMMAND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 10 ABOUT 1.5 MILES EAST OF CLINTON, LA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT, NOR THE TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE PILOT REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT WITH 29.8 GALLONS OF 100LL AVGAS AT ANS. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT UTILIZED ABOUT 9.5 GALLONS PER HOUR AT 2500 RPM AND 4500' INDICATED ALTITUDE ON THE THREE HOUR TRIP FROM SLAUGHTER, LA TO ANS. THE PILOT CALCULATED THAT UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED AT THE TIME HE DEPARTED FOR THE FLIGHT TO SLAUGHTER, LA FROM ANS, HE WOULD HAVE 45 MINUTES RESERVE FUEL WHEN HE REACHED HIS DESTINATION. A REVIEW OF THE FLIGHT PLAN DATA SHOWS WINDS ALOFT IN THE DESTINATION AREA WERE FORECAST TO BE FIVE TO SEVEN KNOTS FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST. THE PILOT QUESTIONED THE FUNCTION OF THE FUEL VENT SYSTEM BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE OVER/UNDER FILLING OF THE TANKS AT ANS. AN EXPERIENCED AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT BUT, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WAS NOT READILY ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A PROBLEM EXISTED WITH THE FUEL VENT SYSTEM. THE FUEL TANK FILLER CAPS APPEARED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE STAINING FROM THE FUEL FILLER CAP AREAS OR DRAINS. THE AIRCRAFT IS PRESENTLY UNDERGOING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION.

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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