# Incident 20130623010079I: Piper PA-28-181, Leipsig, WI, June 23, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2013, 13:40 local time
- Place: Leipsig, WI
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4008° N, 88.8643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leipsig, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4008&lon=-88.8643&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8262S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8262S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 10 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130623010079I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM MANITOWOC, WI (MTW) TO MADISON, WI (MSN) AT 2,500 FEET.  IN THE VICINITY OF LEIPSIG, WI THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH FROM THE LEFT TO RIGHT FUEL TANK AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE.  WHILE DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM, THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.  THE PILOT THEN EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN A PLANTED CORN FIELD.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT FUEL TANK CONTAINED NO FUEL AND THE RIGHT FUEL TANK CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 15 GALLONS OF FUEL.

## Other reports on N8262S (2)

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

- [Accident 19990817012509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990817012509A), Aug 17, 1999: Piper PA28181 (N8262S), Salt Lake City, UT, Substantial damage. Visual inspection via low approach at tooele, pilot reported he had experienced a couple of hard landings at tooele. Visual check confirmed gear damage. (.19)…
- [Accident 19930620019629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930620019629A), Jun 20, 1993: Piper PA28181 (N8262S), Provo, UT, Substantial damage. Struck two deer on landing. Unseen due darkness.

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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