# Incident 20210810013779I: Piper PA-28-181, Altus, AR, August 10, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2021, 10:00 local time
- Place: Altus, AR
- Airport: Ozark-Franklin County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5107° N, 93.8393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OZARK/FRANKLIN COUNTY (7M5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5107&lon=-93.8393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2886X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2886X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,177 total, 109 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210810013779I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N2886X DEPARTED CTJ AT 0700 ON AUGUST 10TH, 2021, WITH 48 USABLE GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD, ENROUTE TO E14 WITH A PLANNED STOP AT 7M5 FOR FUEL. THE PILOT BRIEFED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND FLIGHT PLANNED FOR 8 GALLONS PER HOUR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEANED OUT THE ENTIRE TRIP, FLYING AT 6,500 FT. WITH 2-3 KT. HEADWIND, WITH THE FUEL FLOW METER INDICATING 38 LBS. AN HOUR & LESS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT. THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AT 20NM OUT OF CTJ, AND THE PILOT REQUESTED VECTORS TO H35. HE THEN TROUBLESHOT THE FUEL PUMP ON, SWITCHED TANKS, AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN BETTER, SO HE MADE THE DECISION TO CONTINUE TO 7M5 SINCE THE RWY AT H35 WAS CLOSED. THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AGAIN ABOUT 5 MILES OUT FROM 7M5, AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY 186 WHEN HE DETERMINED THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT AT 7M5. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANKS INDICATED THEY WERE EMPTY.

## Other reports on N2886X (1)

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

- [Accident 20240113003849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240113003849A), Jan 13, 2024: Pa28-181 (N2886X), Kanab, UT, Minor damage. Pilot was practicing GPS approaches to the kknb Kanab, Utah airport. Approximately 14 miles from kknb, pilot was climbing [privacy data omitted] towards 8,200…

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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