# Incident 20131105025639I: Piper PA-28-181, Atlanta, GA, November 5, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2013, 17:55 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Peachtree Dekalb
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81771, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81771) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131105025639I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/05/2013 AT 17:55 LOCAL THE STUDENT PILOT CONTACTED TOWER REPORTING ENGINE TROUBLE. HE FOLLOWED HIS CHECKLIST AND MOVED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE LEFT FUEL TANK WHICH RESOLVED THE PROBLEM AND ALLOWED HIM TO LAND SAFELY.

## Other reports on N81771 (1)

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

- [Incident 20230610019759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230610019759I), Jun 10, 2023: Piper PA-28-181 (N81771), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Pilot reported that they have completed a preflight prior to flight and did check the camlocks were secured. During the climbout the pilot reported at about…

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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