# Incident 20090927052549I: Piper PA-31-310, Valentine, NE, September 27, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2009, 11:00 local time
- Place: Valentine, NE
- Airport: Miller Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HVIA
- Location: 42.8567° N, 100.5490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLER FLD (VTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8567&lon=-100.5490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27349, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27349) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-310
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,204 total, 535 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090927052549I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2009, PIPER PA-31-310, N27349, S/N 31-7712087 OPERATED BY VALLEY AIRWAYS, INC., WAS FLYING A CHARTER FROM MILLARD AIRPORT (KMLE), IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, TO THE CHADRON AIRPORT (KCDR), IN CHADRON, NEBRASKA, WITH A PLANNED FUEL STOP AT EVELYN SHARP FIELD (KODX), IN ORD, NEBRASKA.  THE PIC HAD A TOTAL OF 6 PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE CHARTERED AIRCRAFT.  THE FIRST LEG OF THE TRIP WAS UNEVENTFUL WITH A LANDING IN KODX FOR THE PLANNED FUEL STOP.  AFTER REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PIC DEPARTED KODX ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT, ON THE LAST LEG OF THE TRIP TO KCDR.  WHILE ENROUTE TO KCDR, AT A CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 8000 FEET MSL, THE PIC SWITCHED THE FUEL TANKS FROM THE RIGHT AND LEFT OUTBOARD TANKS TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT INBOARD TANKS ON BOTH ENGINES.  THE RIGHT FUEL FLOW ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED AND AFTER 30-45 SECONDS, THE RIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND BEGAN TO WINDMILL.  THE PIC FEATHERED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND AFTER SWITCHING THE RIGHT ENGINE BACK TO THE RIGHT OUTBOARD FUEL TANK; RESTARTED THE RIGHT ENGINE.  THE PIC THEN SWITCHED THE RIGHT ENGINE BACK TO THE RIGHT INBOARD FUEL TANK AND AFTER 30-45 SECONDS, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AGAIN AND WINDMILLED FOR A SECOND TIME.  THE PIC THEN SWITCHED THE RIGHT ENGINE BACK TO THE RIGHT OUTBOARD FUEL TANK TO RESTORE POWER TO THE RIGHT ENGINE.  THE PIC THEN DIVERTED THE AIRPLANE TO MILLER FIELD (KVTN), VALENTINE, NEBRASKA.  THE PIC CONTINUED TO RUN THE RIGHT ENGINE ON THE RIGHT OUTBOARD FUEL TANK FOR 10 MINUTES UNTIL THE FUEL TANK WAS EXHAUSTED AND THE RIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND WINDMILLED FOR THE THIRD TIME ON THE FLIGHT.  THE PIC FEATHERED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND CONTINUED TO KVTN USING THE OPERATIVE LEFT ENGINE.  THE PIC PERFORMED A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH AND LANDING AT KVTN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED DURING THE LANDING AND NO PASSENGERS OR AIRPORT PROPERTY WERE HARMED.

## Other reports on N27349 (1)

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

- [Incident 19970201004209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970201004209I), Feb 1, 1997: Piper PA31310 (N27349), Ogallala, NE. Narrative: on 2/1/97, approximately 2000 CST, a Piper PA-31 registered to valley airways and piloted by Mr. Herschel baird landed at Ogallala, NE airport. On…

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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