# Incident 20190518004829I: Piper PA-28-181, Alabaster, AL, May 18, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2019, 13:10 local time
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2144° N, 86.8231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alabaster, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2144&lon=-86.8231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4166Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4166Z-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 3 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190518004829I

## Narrative

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

NEW PRIVATE PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGED FUEL DUE TO STRESS OF ELECTRICAL/ALTERNATOR ISSUES WITH AIRPLANE. APPARENTLY OVERLOOKED TANK SWITCHOVER, RUNNING TANK DRY AT LOW ALTITUDE (2000 AGL) WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. EXECUTED POWER OFF EMERGENCY LANDING 1.5 NM NNW OF THE SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N4166Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20200908012119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200908012119A), Sep 8, 2020: Piper PA-28-181 (N4166Z), Mcminnville, TN, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Aircraft departed lebanon TN airport (M54) flying to Mcminnville, TN airport (rnc) landing at approximately 1120 local, taxied to runway 23 to takeoff.…

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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