# Incident 20210610009499I: Piper PA-32-300, Everglades City, FL, June 10, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2021, 11:00 local time
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.8601° N, 81.3804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everglades City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8601&lon=-81.3804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2145N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2145N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 703 total, 439 in this make and model, 439 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210610009499I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM KTMB, AFTER DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE ENGINE PROBLEMS, PILOT PERFROMED ENGINE FAILURE CHECKLIST AS PER PIPER PA-32/300POH, AND ALL ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCESSFUL. PILOT PERFORMED EMEGERGENY LANDING AT EVERGLADES CITY, FLORIDA NORTH OF I-75. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, AND AIRCRAFT USTAINED VERY MINOR DAMAGES.

PILOT THEN NOTED THAT FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS IN THE OFF POSITION WHEN INVESTIGATION WAS PERFROMED.

## Other reports on N2145N (1)

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

- [Accident 19990913028419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990913028419A), Sep 13, 1999: Piper PA32300 (N2145N), Homestead, FL, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 13, 1999, about 1235 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32-300, N2145N, registered to smittys ship store inc., operating as a 14 CFR part 91…

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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