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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Amarillo, TX · August 9, 2009

Date
August 9, 2009 · 11:30 local
Place
Amarillo, TX
Airport
Rick Husband Amarillo International
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N8431W
Reported as
Piper PA28180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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) On a cross country flight from leavenworth, Kansas, to alamogordo, new Mexico, the airman miscalculated the fuel burn for the Lycoming O-360 engine resulting in fuel starvation and a forced landing at Amarillo Rick Husband airport. The aircraft landed 300 yards short of runway 22 with no aircraft damage or injuries to the pilot, the sole occupant.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, TO ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO, THE AIRMAN MISCALCULATED THE FUEL BURN FOR THE LYCOMING O-360 ENGINE RESULTING IN FUEL STARVATION AND A FORCED LANDING AT AMARILLO RICK HUSBAND AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED 300 YARDS SHORT OF RUNWAY 22 WITH NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE OR INJURIES TO THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT.