# Incident 20130226003909I: Piper PA-23-250, Naples, FL, February 26, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2013, 16:45 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40212, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40212-2017-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (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-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130226003909I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT FROM CLEARWATER, FL (PIE) TO MIAMI, FL (TMB) AT 1500 FT AND WAS WEST OF NAPLES MUNICIPAL (APF) WHEN PILOT NOTIFIED APF TOWER THAT THE LEFT ENGINE HAD FAILED AND DECLARED EMERGENCY.  WITNESS STATED ON FINAL THE RIGHT ENGINE ALSO STOPPED RUNNING.  PILOT ACCOMPLISHED NORMAL LANDING WITHOUT POWER TO RUNWAY 23 AT APF WITHOUT INJURY TO PERSONS OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED PIC FAILED TO FOLLOW CHECKLIST AND MISMANAGED FUEL BY LEAVING FUEL LEVER POSITIONED TO AIRCRAFT EMPTY FUEL TANKS (MAINS TANKS) WHEN THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUEL IN OUTBOARD TANKS TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT.  EIR INITIATED FOR PILOT.    CLOSED ACTION.

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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