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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Clear Water, FL · February 22, 2013

Date
February 22, 2013 · 02:17 local
Place
Clear Water, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4789L
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
570 total400 in this make and model21 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.

Pilot departed klbt for a long cross country to kpie at night with out proper flight planning. Pilot failed to manage engine power at cruise and used more fuel than the flight required. Aircraft ran out of fuel 1 mile from active runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED KLBT FOR A LONG CROSS COUNTRY TO KPIE AT NIGHT WITH OUT PROPER FLIGHT PLANNING. PILOT FAILED TO MANAGE ENGINE POWER AT CRUISE AND USED MORE FUEL THAN THE FLIGHT REQUIRED. AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL 1 MILE FROM ACTIVE RUNWAY.