# Incident 20221218018669I: Piper PA-28-140, Holden, LA, December 18, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2022, 12:30 local time
- Place: Holden, LA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5044° N, 90.6693° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holden, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5044&lon=-90.6693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1071X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1071X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,420 total, 58 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221218018669I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT DURING HIS TRIP THE DAY BEFORE, HE FUELED UP THE AIRCRAFT AT KREG (GONZALES, LA) AND RETURNED TO HIS HOME BASE AT 2R5 (ST. ELMO, AL).  ON THE DAY IN QUESTION, HE PLANNED ANOTHER 3 HOUR TRIP WITH INTENTION TO FUEL UP AGAIN AT KREG.  HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD ABOUT 35 GALLONS OF FUEL AND HE ESTIMATED HE WOULD USE ABOUT 25 GALLONS.  DURING THE FLIGHT, HE ENCOUNTERED STRONGER HEAD WINDS THAN HE ANTICIPATED WHICH USED MORE FUEL THAN HE HAD PLANNED FOR.  ON DEPLETION OF TANK #1, HE SWITCHED OVER TO TANK #2 AND REALIZED HE HAD ONLY 4 GALLONS OF FUEL LEFT.  HE DID NOT BELIEVE HE WOULD MAKE IT TO KREG, NOR COULD HE TURN BACK TO HDC (HAMMOND, LA).  HE DECIDED TO SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN ON AN EMPTY ROADWAY IN HOLDEN, LA AND CALLED THE LOCAL SHERIFF.

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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