# Incident 20090220003559I: Piper PA32R300, Pompano Beach, FL, February 20, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2009, 18:30 local time
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2474° N, 80.1111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK (PMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2474&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49KG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49KG-2014-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 131 total, 125 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090220003559I

## Narrative

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

FEBRUARY 20, 2009 AIRCRAFT N49KG OPERATED BY THE PIC, WAS EXECUTING TOUCH AND GOES.  ON HIS FOURTH TOUCH AND GO, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE STARTED TO FLUTTER.  HE DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE RUNWAY AND WAS AWARE THAT HE MAY OVER RUN IT.  HE LANDED ON THE RUNWAY AND OVER RAN IT AND THEN HIT AN EMBANKMENT, BEFORE BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO REST IN A POND OF WATER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND AN INSPECTION WAS DONE WHICH SHOWED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER.  THE FUEL SELECTOR IN THE COCKPIT WAS POINTING TO THE RIGHT WING.  THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND SHOWED THAT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND AD’S WERE COMPLIED WITH.  DURING THE COURSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WING FUEL TANKS WERE SUMPED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BOTH TANKS WERE CONTAMINATED WITH WATER.  ON THE LEFT WING TANK ¾ OF WATER CAME OUT FOLLOWED BY ½ QUART OF FUEL.  THE OVER THE WING FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE SHOWED 6 GALLONS REMAINING IN THE LEFT TANK.  ON THE RIGHT WING TANK ONLY A QUART OF WATER CAME OUT FOLLOWED BY RESIDUAL FUEL.  THE OVER THE WING FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE SHOWED 0 GALLONS REMAINING IN THE TANK.  SUSPECT FUEL MISMANAGEMENT.

## Other reports on N49KG (2)

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

- [Accident 20040625011239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040625011239A), Jun 25, 2004: Piper PA32R300 (N49KG), Dalhart, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 25, 2004, aircraft N49KG, Piper model pa 32R-300, departed rtn (raton, new Mexico) on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight to H45 (seminole,…
- [Incident 19940726031989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940726031989I), Jul 26, 1994: Piper PA32R300 (N49KG), Boynton, OK. Narrative: engine lost power and the pilot elected to land on highway 72, south of Boynton, Oklahoma with no damage or injuries. An m or d report will be…

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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