# Incident 20120611010209I: Piper PA-28-140, Butler Twp., PA, June 11, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2012, 17:21 local time
- Place: Butler Twp., PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6680J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6680J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120611010209I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED BURLINGTON VT. ON JUNE 11, 2012 AT 1430 ON A VFR FLIGHT TO HAZLETON AIRPORT (HZL) PA. PILOT DEPARTED WITH FULL TANKS OF FUEL FOR THE FLIGHT. DURING THE FLIGHT THE PILOT SWITCHED TANKS, TO BALANCE FUEL, THE PILOT CONTINUED THE FLIGHT ON THE RIGHT FUEL TANK.  THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING HIS DESTINATION AND DECIDED TO LAND AT THE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AVP) DUE TO SOME WEATHER AT THE HAZLETON AIRPORT. DURING HIS APPROACH TO AVP THE WEATHER HAD IMPROVED AT THE HAZLETON AIRPORT AND THE PILOT CANCLED HIS CLEARANCE TO LAND AND PROCEEDED TOWARD THE HAZLETON AIRPORT. AS HE APPROACHED THE HAZLETON AIRPORT THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH THE PILOT STATED HE TURNED THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP ON AND ENRICHED THE MIXTURE. THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING AND THE PILOT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N6680J (1)

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

- [Incident 19830910065569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830910065569I), Sep 10, 1983: Piper PA28140 (N6680J), Kankakee, IL, Minor damage. Student on first solo landing bounced, lost control and veered off runway into a ditch.

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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