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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-325 · Durant, OK · February 23, 2023

Date: February 23, 2023 · 20:00 local
Place: Durant, OK
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N103GL
Reported as: Piper PA-31-325
Reported engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N103GLRegistered now · Piper PA-31-325S/N 31-7912023 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-325 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On site found aircraft in the following condition

Inboard fuel tanks selected

Both outboard fuel tanks empty

Both inboard tanks full

Both boost pumps on

Cockpit fuel indicators indicated 3/4 full

All circuit breakers were in and not popped

Pilot stated the events as follows

5 Minutes after he had reached cruise altitude of 11000 ft he had a left boost pump inop light and engine roughness.

He then "declared and emergency and secured the left engine tanks were on the mains". 15 seconds later the right boost pumps failed.

As the FAA filed it

ON SITE FOUND AIRCRAFT IN THE FOLLOWING CONDITION

INBOARD FUEL TANKS SELECTED

BOTH OUTBOARD FUEL TANKS EMPTY

BOTH INBOARD TANKS FULL

BOTH BOOST PUMPS ON

COCKPIT FUEL INDICATORS INDICATED 3/4 FULL

ALL CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE IN AND NOT POPPED

PILOT STATED THE EVENTS AS FOLLOWS

5 MINUTES AFTER HE HAD REACHED CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 11000 FT HE HAD A LEFT BOOST PUMP INOP LIGHT AND ENGINE ROUGHNESS.

HE THEN "DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND SECURED THE LEFT ENGINE TANKS WERE ON THE MAINS". 15 SECONDS LATER THE RIGHT BOOST PUMPS FAILED.