# Incident 20090408004499I: Piper PA46500TP, Pittsburgh, PA, April 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2009, 16:23 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4914° N, 80.2327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSBURGH INTL (PIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4914&lon=-80.2327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N909P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N909P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104622, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46500TP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 800 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090408004499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N909P KUGN TO KPNE ON 4-08-2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1623 WHEN THE PILOT DECLARED LOW FUEL EMERGENCY.  FIRE TRUCKS WERE STANDING BY AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE PIC STATED IN AN INTERVIEW, CONDUCTED ON 4-13-09, THAT THE LEFT AUX FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED.  PIC ELECTED TO DIVERT TO KPIT.  PIC REFUELED AND CONTINUED TO KPNE WITH KNOWN DISCREPANCY AND USING ONLY FUEL FROM THE RIGHT TANK AND SUCTION FEED FROM THE LEFT TANK.  ON 4-11-09, THE PIC RETURNED TO KUGN WITH PLANNED STOPS FOR FUEL MANAGEMENT AT KCAK AND KSBN RESPECTIVELY.  ON 4-12-09, THE PIC FLEW FROM KUGN TO KDSM WITH A KNOWN DISCREPANCY.  NO REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR OF THE FUEL PUMP WAS CONDUCTED UNTIL 4-13-2009.

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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