20070511825839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Palatine, IL · May 11, 2007

Date: May 11, 2007 · 20:03 local
Place: Palatine, IL
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N57378
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 492 total296 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N57378Registered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7425105 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft lost power in flight and made an emergency landing on a public roadway in Palatine, Illinois. Pilot statements and examination of the aircraft indicate the aircraft had exhausted its fuel supply. The pilot clipped a powerline during a forced landing damaging the left wing. There was evidence of a fuel leak on the bottom of the wings but the age of the fuel stains could not be determined. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER IN FLIGHT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY IN PALATINE, ILLINOIS. PILOT STATEMENTS AND EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXHAUSTED ITS FUEL SUPPLY. THE PILOT CLIPPED A POWERLINE DURING A FORCED LANDING DAMAGING THE LEFT WING. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A FUEL LEAK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WINGS BUT THE AGE OF THE FUEL STAINS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^