# Incident 20240823011909I: Piper PA-28-181, Pontiac, MI, August 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2024, 14:57 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5337F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5337F) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 365 total, 360 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240823011909I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/23/24 A PIPER ARCHER, CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT, EXPERIENCED A FUEL STARVATION EVENT AND LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 27R AT KPTK. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT FAILED TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS DURING THE FLIGHT. DURING A TRIP IN THE PATTERN THE TOWER HAD EXTENDED THE AIRCRAFTS DOWNWIND AND INSTRUCTED THEM THAT ATC WOULD CALL THEIR BASE, WHILE ON EXTENDED DOWNWIND THE STUDENT PILOT ADDED POWER, THE ENGINE DIDN'T RESPOND AND THEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS, DECLARED EMERGENCY AND POINTED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON AIRPORT PROPERTY, AND CAME TO REST IN A FIELD ABOUT 200' FROM THE START OF RUNWAY 27R. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR THE AIRPORT DURING THE EVENT.

## Other reports on N5337F (1)

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

- [Incident 20201114014899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201114014899I), Nov 14, 2020: Piper PA-28-181 (N5337F), Waterford, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft performing CFR part 91 student pilot instruction. After take off student noticed damage on left hand flap. CFI took control of aircraft and returned…

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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