# Incident 20230223004909I: Piper PA-31-325, Durant, OK, February 23, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2023, 20:00 local time
- Place: Durant, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9952° N, 96.3925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Durant, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9952&lon=-96.3925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N103GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-325
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230223004909I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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