# Accident 20240518012559A: Piper PA-28-180, Dell City, TX, May 18, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2024, 10:46 local time
- Place: Dell City, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9387° N, 105.2013° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9387&lon=-105.2013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11NT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11NT) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 145 total, 120 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240518012559A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 18, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1046 MDT, A PIPER PA28 SINGLE-ENGINE LAND AIRCRAFT (ASEL) WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR DELL CITY, TX. THE PILOT WAS FLYING VFR TO EL PASO, TX INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KELP) AND STATED HE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT ENROUTE TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT SELECTED AN AVAILABLE FIELD TO LAND; AND DURING THE OFF-FIELD LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. NO FAA FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR AND SPACE PORT AIRPORT, KMAF, EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE FAA PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO FUEL STARVATION CAUSED BY THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

JRK 9/23/2024

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA191), May 18, 2024: Piper PA-28-180 (N11NT), Dell City, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to switch fuel tanks while en route which resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N11NT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20221014016189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221014016189I), Oct 14, 2022: Piper PA-28-180 (N11NT), Montgomery, AL, Minor damage. Fixed wing student pilot was making an approach to runway 28 At mgm (Montgomery, AL) airport. Upon flaring to land, the aricraft ballooned. As the pilot…

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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