# Incident 20090806013009I: Piper PA16, Bloomfield, KY, August 6, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2009, 21:00 local time
- Place: Bloomfield, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9136° N, 85.3156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomfield, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9136&lon=-85.3156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5337H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5337H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA16
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 300 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090806013009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND LANDED IN A FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A BARBED WIRE FENCE ON LANDING.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING 180 DEGREES TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE INITIAL LANDING ROLL AND CONTACTED A CONCRETE PYLON PRIOR TO STOPPING.  MINOR DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR, NACELLE AND ONE SIDE OF THE PROPELLER.  AIRCRAFT COCKPIT CONTROLS WERE IN APPROPRIATE POSITIONS.  CARBURETOR HEAT WAS OFF.  PRIMER WAS LOCKED.  FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS VERIFIED.  FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND TO BE SELECTED TO THE RIGHT HAND TANK.  RIGHT HAND FUEL TANK WAS FOUND EMPTY OF FUEL.  FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE GASCOLATOR, RESUTLING IN ABOUT 1/2 CUP OF FUEL DRAINED.  THE GASCOLATOR DID NOT FILL UP WITH FUEL UPON DRAINING.  THE CARBURETOR FUEL INLET LIN WAS DISCONNECTED AT THE CARBURETOR AND NO FUEL DRAINED OUT.  CARBURETOR INLET SCREEN WAS CHECKED FOR BLOCKAGE AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN NORMAL CONDITION.  WHEN FUEL SELECTOR WAS SWITCHED FROM THE RIGHT TANK TO THE LEFT TANK, FUEL IMMEDATELY FILLED UP THE GASCOLATOR AND RAN FREELY OUT OF THE FUEL INLET LINE THAT HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED AT THE CARBURETOR.

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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