# Accident 19890103000029A: Piper PA31310, Springfield, OH, January 3, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1989, 08:12 local time
- Place: Springfield, OH
- Airport: Springfield-Beckley Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BUOA
- Location: 39.8754° N, 83.8069° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8754&lon=-83.8069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9034Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9034Y-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,041 total, 57 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890103000029A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL DURING VECTORS TO NEAREST AIRPORT. IMPACTED NOSE AND WING LOW. DROPS NOT FEATHERED. CARGO WAS LOOSE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL89FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA066), Jan 3, 1989: Piper PA-31 (N9034Y), Springfield, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION PRECIPATATED BY THE INADEQUATE FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS PERFORMED BY THE PILOT, PRESSURE FROM THE COMPANY PRESIDENT TO NOT CARRY EXCESS FUEL AND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT…

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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