# Incident 20150225004929I: Piper PA-28-140, Honolulu, HI, February 25, 2015 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 25, 2015, 11:35 local time - Place: Honolulu, HI - Airport: Honolulu International Airport - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Descent - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 21.3042° N, 157.8548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Honolulu Municipal Building Heliport (HI09), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3042&lon=-157.8548&mi=10 - Aircraft: N98146, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98146-2019-11-15) (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 0-320 SERIES - People aboard: 4 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150225004929I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON FEBRUARY 25, 2015 THE HONOLULU FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT THAT N98146 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE HONOLULU CONTROL FACILITY DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. N98146 LANDED ON RUNWAY 8 LEFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED ON SITE. THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE EMPTY. WAS ABLE TO SUMP FUEL FROM THE LEFT WING FUEL SUMP. WAS ALSO ABLE TO SUMP APPROXIMATELY 8 OUNCES OF FUEL FROM THE ENGINE FUEL SUMP BEFORE IT WAS EMPTY. THE RIGHT WING TANK WAS INSPECTED BUT IT HAD BEEN FILLED WITH 5 GALLONS OF FUEL AFTER THE PLANE LANDED. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS POSITIONED ON THE RIGHT TANK AS WELL. TURNED ON THE BATTERY MASTER. THE LEFT TANK FUEL GAGE READ 0 AND THE RIGHT FUEL GAGE READ 5 GALLONS. THE PILOT IN COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS STILL WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO START THE ENGINE AND TAXI TO ANDERSON AVIATION (FBO). THE AIRCRAFT STARTED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS AND COMPLETED A 5 MINUTE TAXI TO ANDERSON AVIATION WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS HNL TO THE NORTH SHORE OF MOLOKAI, ORBITS, AND BACK TO HNL VIA FLIGHT TO THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU AND VIA THE NORTH TWO ARRIVAL. WHILE OVER THE H1/H2 INTERCHANGE, THE GAGE SHOWED LESS THAN 5 GALLONS IN THE RIGHT WING TANK. WHILE OVER FORD ISLAND, THE ENGINE QUIT, THEN STARTED AGAIN, AND THEN QUIT COMPLETELY. N98146 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND COMPLETED AN ENGINE OUT LANDING ON RUNWAY 8 LEFT AT HNL. DRAINED THE FUEL TANKS AT ANDERSON AVIATION AND FOUND THAT LESS THAN 5 GALLONS WAS EMPTIED FROM THE RIGHT TANK AND LESS THAN 16 OUNCES WAS EMPTIED FROM THE LEFT TANK ## Other reports on N98146 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20180820011859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180820011859A), Aug 20, 2018: Piper PA-28-140 (N98146), Mokuleia, HI, Substantial damage. Mokuleia, HI (hdh): N98146, PA28A, engine failure after takeoff portion of touch and go during flight instruction, crashed in field just south of hdh. POB: 3,… - [Incident 20040615016419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040615016419I), Jun 15, 2004: Piper PA28140 (N98146), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. (-23) On June 15, 2004 at approximately 1915Z, while exiting off of runway 4L on echo, aircraft N98146 struck a taxiway sign. No injury to the pilot and… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.