# Incident 20240616009709I: Piper PA-28-180, Sheboygan, WI, June 16, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2024, 14:10 local time
- Place: Sheboygan, WI
- Airport: Sheboygan County Memorial Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OUAJ
- Location: 43.7698° N, 87.8517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHEBOYGAN COUNTY MEML INTL (SBM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7698&lon=-87.8517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N196MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N196MT) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 354 total, 88 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240616009709I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING AIR TOUR FLIGHTS IN CONNECTION WITH A COMMUNITY ACTIVITY AT THE SHEBOYGAN COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (KSBM). THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING FROM THE 11TH 20 MINUTE FLIGHT OF THE DAY. FIRST FLIGHT WAS BEGUN AT 10:30 LOCAL TIME. PIC REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOPPED OFF WITH FULL FUEL PRIOR TO THE FIRST AIR TOUR FLIGHT THAT DAY. FULL FUEL ON THE PA-28-180 IS 50 US GALLONS. TOTAL FLIGHT TIME FOR ALL OF THE FLIGHTS THAT DAY WAS SHOWN AS 3 HOURS 27 MINUTES. IN THE PILOT'S CALCULATION HE BEGAN THE LAST FLIGHT WITH ADEQUATE FUEL AND A 30 MINUTE RESERVE AS REQUIRED BY PART 91.151 "FUEL REQUIREMENTS FOR FLIGHT IN VFR CONDITIONS." AIRCRAFT WAS ON RETURN FROM THE 11TH AIR TOUR FLIGHT AT 2,500 FEET MSL IN LEVEL FLIGHT SEVERAL MILES NORTH OF THE KSBM AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. PIC TURNED ON THE ELECTRIC BOOST PUMP. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN QUIT AGAIN. PIC SWITCHED FROM THE RIGHT FUEL TANK TO THE LEFT TANK. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN QUIT. PIC WAS COMMITED TO LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD BUT RAN OUT OF ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE NORTH OF THE AIRPORT RESULTING IN AN OFF-FIELD LANDING IN A FARMER'S FIELD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PIC OR THE TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT AILERON.

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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