# Incident 20150323005689I: Piper PA-24-250, Sidney, OH, March 23, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2015, 16:58 local time
- Place: Sidney, OH
- Airport: Sidney Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2413° N, 84.1479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIDNEY MUNI (SCA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2413&lon=-84.1479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150323005689I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM 1B1 TO KHFY FOR 4 HRS 17 MIN. IN ROUTE TO DESTINATION PILOT SWITCHED TANK TO RIGHT MAIN AT 1658. SHORTLY AFTER TANK SWITCHED ENGINE POWER WAS LOST TO IDLE AT4000' IN IMC. ATC CALLED OUT ALTITUDE DEVIATION AND PILOT ADVISED ENGINE DIFFICULTIES.PILOT CALLED ENGINE OUT TO ATC REQUESTED VECTOR TO NEAREST AIRPORT. HEADING OF 330 DEGREES AND SIX MILES TO SIDNEY AIRPORT FLYING SOUTHEAST NOT ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO REACH AIRPORT. PILOT DROPPED OUT OF CLOUDS SAW POWER LINES TURN NORTH AND LANDED GEAR UP AND FLAPS UP EMERGENCY LANDING AT NORTH END OF FIELD 18000 BLK OF KIRKWOOD ROAD SIDNEY OH.

## Other reports on N288AB (1)

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

- [Incident 19960816045009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960816045009I), Aug 16, 1996: Piper PA24250 (N288AB), Ravenna, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot stated: he was attempting to land this plane at the Portage co. airport. That the circuit breaker on the landing gear kept popping and the…

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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