# Incident 20150421003829I: Piper PA-28R-201, Edgewood, NM, April 21, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2015, 15:40 local time
- Place: Edgewood, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0614° N, 106.1914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edgewood, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0614&lon=-106.1914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11562, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11562-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 772 total, 700 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150421003829I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 21, 2015, N11562, A PIPER PA-28R-201 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AT 10:41 MST ON A VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL. (PHX) EN ROUTE TO JOLIET REGIONAL (JOT). THE PILOT LANDED AT SANDIA AIRPARK (1N1) FOR A FUEL STOP, THE PILOT FUELED THE AIRCRAFT HIMSELF AND DEPARTED (1N1) AT APPROXIMATELY 1540 MST. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTICED THE LEFT WING FUEL CAP WAS MISSING AND WAS LOSING FUEL OVERBOARD. THE PILOT CIRCLED AROUND TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 AND WAS FOCUSED ON THE FUEL ISSUE AND LANDING IMMEDIATELY SO INTENTLY THAT HE NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND DID NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT. SUBSEQUENTLY THE FUEL CAP WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N11562 (1)

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

- [Incident 20010528030199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010528030199I), May 28, 2001: Piper PA28R201 (N11562), Plainfield, IL, Minor damage. (-23) Cft, ron sachen was conducting dual instruction in preparation for student pilot richard ariagno's private pilot practical test and failed to assure that…

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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