# Incident 20170301002619I: Piper PA-32-300, Morris, OK, March 1, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2017, 11:00 local time
- Place: Morris, OK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6103° N, 95.8635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morris, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6103&lon=-95.8635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5247F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5247F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170301002619I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLYING FROM KHPY TO KTUL  HAD A VACUUM PUMP FAILURE AND OTHER ANOMALIES THAT CAUSED CONCERN AND RESULTED IN HIM SWITCHING FUEL TANK BACK FROM A FULL TANK TO AN EMPTY TANK.  LOST POWER WHILE DESCENDING AND WAS UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFY THE CAUSE. FELT IT WAS SAFER TO LAND THEN TO ATTEMPT FURTHER TROUBLE SHOOTING. LANDED SAFELY, IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND TOOK BACK OFF WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND LANDED AT KTUL.

## Other reports on N5247F (1)

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

- [Incident 19841026063989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841026063989I), Oct 26, 1984: Piper PA32300 (N5247F), Tulsa, OK. Alternator failure followed by battery failure pilot lost radio contact and descended below clouds to land.

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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