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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · State College, PA · October 31, 2024

Date
October 31, 2024 · 13:36 local
Place
State College, PA
Airport
University Park
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N8115P
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted A Piper PA28-161, departed kunv (University Park) on a training flight. The flight instructor on board was pilot in command. After performing 30 minutes of airwork southwest of the airfield they returned to kunv and entered the pattern to perform a soft field touch and go landing. On climb out, at approximately 500' AGL, the engine failed as a result of fuel starvation. The CFI performed an emergency off field landing approximately 1 mile northwest of the airport. There was no damage to the aircraft or injuries to the instructor or student pilot. On scene investigation showed the right fuel tank had 0 gallons of fuel and the left tank had approximately 7 gallons of fuel. The flight up to the point of engine failure was conducted with the fuel selector on the right tank.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PIPER PA28-161, DEPARTED KUNV (UNIVERSITY PARK) ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD WAS PILOT IN COMMAND. AFTER PERFORMING 30 MINUTES OF AIRWORK SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRFIELD THEY RETURNED TO KUNV AND ENTERED THE PATTERN TO PERFORM A SOFT FIELD TOUCH AND GO LANDING. ON CLIMB OUT, AT APPROXIMATELY 500' AGL, THE ENGINE FAILED AS A RESULT OF FUEL STARVATION. THE CFI PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY OFF FIELD LANDING APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO THE INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT PILOT. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE RIGHT FUEL TANK HAD 0 GALLONS OF FUEL AND THE LEFT TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY 7 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE FLIGHT UP TO THE POINT OF ENGINE FAILURE WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR ON THE RIGHT TANK.