# Accident 20141026018969A: Piper PA-23-250, Quincy, IL, October 26, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2014, 19:50 local time
- Place: Quincy, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9431° N, 91.1944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9431&lon=-91.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62791, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62791-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,499 total, 53 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141026018969A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTS FUEL EXHAUSTION APPROXIMATELY 2.2 MILES WEST OF QUINCY ILLINOIS AIRPORT (KUIN).  AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FARM FIELD WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31 (BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINES WERE INOPERATIVE).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN15CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA033), Oct 26, 2014: Piper PA-23-250 (N62791), Quincy, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in the total loss of power to both engines due to fuel exhaustion and the subsequent forced landing in a field. Also causal to the accident was…

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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