# Incident 20230914021139I: Piper PA-28-180, Camdenton, MO, September 14, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2023, 11:58 local time
- Place: Camdenton, MO
- Airport: Camdenton Memorial-Lake Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9727° N, 92.6905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMDENTON MEML-LAKE RGNL (OZS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9727&lon=-92.6905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7479W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7479W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 648 total, 465 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230914021139I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED KOZS FOR A TEST FLIGHT AFTER RECEIVING HIS AIRCRAFT AFTER COMPLETION OF AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. WITNESSES STATED THE PILOT DID NOT PERFORM A PREFLIGHT OR TAKE ON ANY FUEL PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL STATED TO THE PILOT THAT HE ONLY HAD APPROXIMATELY 1 HR WORTH OF FUEL. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR OF FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT RADIOED THAT HE WAS HAVING ENGINE TROUBLE AND ASKED FOR A PRIORITY TO LAND. PRIORITY WAS GRANTED AND THE PILOT STATED HE MADE ONE LAST GO AROUND OVER THE AIRPORT WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON THE FUEL SELECTOR TRYING TO GET THE ENGINE TO RESPOND TO INPUT. THE PILOT AGAIN ASKED FOR PRIORITY/CLEARANCE AND STATED HE NEEDED TO LAND IMMEDIATELY. WHILE LINING UP TO LAND, THE PILOT STATED HE NOTICED HE WAS LINED UP ON THE TAXIWAY AND NOT THE RUNWAY. WITH NO POWER LEFT, THE PILOT DECIDED HIS ONLY OPTION WAS TO LAND ON THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED ON THE TAXIWAY BUT SHORTLY AFTER BEGINNING HIS ROLLOUT, DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY AND ENTERED THE ADJACENT GRASS. UPON DEPARTING THE TAXIWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE DUE TO THE DEPARTURE OF THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE AND COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

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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