20181118017329I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Goldsboro, NC · November 18, 2018

Date: November 18, 2018 · 16:15 local
Place: Goldsboro, NC
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N7505R
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 44 total38 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N7505RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-22061 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot was on a solo cross country. Miss-managed the fuel by not changing tanks. Ran the right tank completely out of fuel 6 miles from designation airport. The PIC selected an field and landed the aircraft with no damage or injury. The student pilots flight instructor was under the impression that this "long" cross country had to incorporate the three required class d control tower landings and they had to be combined with the crosscountry. The PIC stated that the fuel gauges were checked prior to takeoff at the second point of landing but the fuel selector was not switched to the fuller tank prior to takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. MISS-MANAGED THE FUEL BY NOT CHANGING TANKS. RAN THE RIGHT TANK COMPLETELY OUT OF FUEL 6 MILES FROM DESIGNATION AIRPORT. THE PIC SELECTED AN FIELD AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURY. THE STUDENT PILOTS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS "LONG" CROSS COUNTRY HAD TO INCORPORATE THE THREE REQUIRED CLASS D CONTROL TOWER LANDINGS AND THEY HAD TO BE COMBINED WITH THE CROSSCOUNTRY. THE PIC STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGES WERE CHECKED PRIOR TO TAKEOFF AT THE SECOND POINT OF LANDING BUT THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS NOT SWITCHED TO THE FULLER TANK PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.