# Incident 20130423005549I: Piper PA-28-140, Yelm, WA, April 23, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2013, 12:09 local time
- Place: Yelm, WA
- Airport: Eatonville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9426° N, 122.6432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yelm, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9426&lon=-122.6432&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4130J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4130J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 10 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130423005549I

## Narrative

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

ON 4/23/2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1210 PDT, PA- 28-140 AIRCRAFT, N4130J, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN OFF-AIRPORT FORCED LANDING. N4130J WAS ENROUTE FROM OCEAN SHORES, WA (W04) TO EATONVILLE, WA (2W3) ON THE SECOND LEG OF A STUDENT PILOT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE STUDENT PILOT-IN-COMMAND ATTEMPTED AN ENGINE RE-START WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED N4130J IN AN OPEN FIELD CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT LOWER ENGINE COWLING.

INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE ENTIRE FLIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 2.0 HOURS WAS CONDUCTED ON THE LEFT FUEL TANK. VISUAL INSPECTION OF BOTH FUEL TANKS CONFIRMED THE LEFT TANK WAS EMPTY AND THE OTHER TANK SHOWED FULL FUEL [OR TO THE TABS]. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS POSITIONED TO THE LEFT TANK. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. SEE ITEM 43.

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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