# Incident 20251209020379I: Piper PA-28-140, Peabody, KS, December 9, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2025, 14:16 local time
- Place: Peabody, KS
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1683° N, 97.1043° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peabody, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1683&lon=-97.1043&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6366R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6366R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 9 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251209020379I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING UTILIZED FOR STUDENT PILOT DISCOVERY FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED EWK AND WAS RETURNING TO EWK ON SLOW DECENT WHEN THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED OFF.  AN ATTEMPTED RESTART WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  GIVEN THE LOW ALTITUDE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO BACK TO THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 MI. SE OF PEABODY AT APPROXIMATELY 14:16 LOCAL TIME.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  INSPECTION BY CERTIFICATED MECHANIC FOUND NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION FOUND FUEL SELECTOR NOT FULLY IN DETENT FOR THE RIGHT-HAND FUEL TANK SELECTION RESULTING IN FUEL STARVATION TO THE ENGINE.

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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