# Incident 20251020014809I: Piper PA-28-151, Corpus Christi, TX, October 20, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2025, 10:24 local time
- Place: Corpus Christi, TX
- Airport: Corpus Christi International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7722° N, 97.5024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORPUS CHRISTI INTL (CRP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7722&lon=-97.5024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32223, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 268 total, 1 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251020014809I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/20/2025, THE PILOT WAS ASKED BY A MECHANIC AT THE PART 61 FLIGHT SCHOOL THAT THE PILOT WORKS FOR TO FLY A NEWLY LEASED AIRCRAFT AROUND TO ASSESS THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO PUTTING THE AIRCRAFT INTO SERVICE FOR THE FLIGHT SCHOOL. THE PILOT AGREED AND THE MECHANIC FLEW ALONG TO MONITOR FOR ANY MECHANICAL ISSUES. NO ISSUES OR ABNORMAL INDICATIONS PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. TAKEOFF AND CLIMB WERE FINE. THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED A CIRCLE PATTERN AROUND THE AIRPORT AND THEN PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO. NO ISSUES. THE PILOT THEN CHANGED THE FUEL SELECTOR FROM RIGHT TANK TO LEFT TANK AND BEGAN ANOTHER CIRCLE AND TOUCH AND GO. UPON SHORT APPROACH WITH LESS THAN 200 FEET ALTITUDE, THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED AND THE PILOT MADE THE COMMAND DECISION TO CALL TOWER AND MAKE A SOFT FIELD LANDING IN THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY TO AVOID THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. THE PILOT SAFELY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. UPON LANDING, THE PILOT ASSESSED THE AIRCRAFT AND REALIZED THAT HE HAD NOT FULLY PUT THE FUEL SELECTOR SWITCH FROM RIGHT TANK TO LEFT TANK WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STARVE OF FUEL AND SHUTDOWN. PILOT ERROR.

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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