# Incident 20230810012569I: Piper PA-28-181, Elizabeth City, NC, August 10, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2023, 10:15 local time
- Place: Elizabeth City, NC
- Airport: Elizabeth City Cg Air Station/
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2606° N, 76.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELIZABETH CITY CG AIR STATION/RGNL (ECG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2606&lon=-76.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38842, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38842) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,164 total, 658 in this make and model, 189 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230810012569I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/10/23 THE PILOT WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM KFRG TO KECG FOR A FUEL STOP ON THE WAY TO FLORIDA. WHILE GETTING VECTORS FOR THE APPROACH IN TO KECG AIRPORT THE ENGINE WAS STARVED OF FUEL CAUSING THE PILOT TO CONDUCT AN OFF-FIELD LANDING. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A CORN AND SOYBEAN FIELD CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC AND PASSENGER ON BOARD OBTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

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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