# Incident 20241126018149I: Piper PA-28R-200, Vandalia, IL, November 26, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2024, 14:47 local time
- Place: Vandalia, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9746° N, 89.1107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vandalia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9746&lon=-89.1107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9363N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9363N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0 SER360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 220 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241126018149I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM JOHNSON CITY AIRPORT, JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE TO LITCHFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LITCHFIELD, ILLINOIS WHEN HE RAN OUT OF FUEL AND LANDED 6 MILES EAST OF VANDALIA IL ON US HIGHWAY 40.

## Other reports on N9363N (2)

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

- [Incident 20241126021369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241126021369I), Nov 26, 2024: Piper PA-28R-200 (N9363N), Vandalia, IL, Minor damage. Pilot was enroute from johnson city airport, johnson city, Tennessee to litchfield municipal airport, litchfield, Illinois when he ran out of fuel and landed 6…
- [Incident 20010217005449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010217005449I), Feb 17, 2001: Piper PA28R200 (N9363N), Plymouth, IN, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he forgot to lower the landing gear prior to landing.

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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