# Incident 20200220004289I: Piper PA-22-160, Indiantown, FL, February 20, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2020, 13:05 local time
- Place: Indiantown, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0400° N, 80.4882° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indiantown, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0400&lon=-80.4882&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9410D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9410D-2020-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-160
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 90 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200220004289I

## Narrative

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

AIRMEN STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF INDIANTOWN AIRPORT (X58) AT CRUISE WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER.  HE SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE FROM THE LEFT TANK TO THE RIGHT TANK.  THE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AND SHORTLY AFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED.  HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD BELOW HIM EAST OF INDIANTOWN AND SOUTHWEST OF STUART (KSUA).  THE MOMENTUM ON THE GROUND AFTER LANDING EVENTUALLY LED HIM AND THE AIRCRAFT TO FALL IN TO A CANAL THAT RAN PERPENDICULAR TO HIS LANDING GROUND TRACK.  THE AIRMAN EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH ASSISTANCE FROM A BYSTANDER WHO SWAM TO ASSIST HIM OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED BY AN INSPECTOR AND AN A&P ON SCENE AND BOTH FUEL TANKS DID NOT CONTAIN FUEL.  THE LIKELY CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS FUEL EXHAUSTION.

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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