# Accident 19890728025599A: Piper PA24250, True, WV, July 28, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1989, 15:30 local time
- Place: True, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5807° N, 80.9362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of True, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5807&lon=-80.9362&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7162P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7162P-1990-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 670 total, 244 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO89FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890728025599A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS HEARD ENGINE MISS. PILOT PULLED UP TO MISS A RIDGE,STALLED, CRASHED AND BURNED. CAUSE POWER LOSS UNKNOWN.

## 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 BFO89FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89FA063), Jul 28, 1989: Piper PA-24-250 (N7162P), True, WV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOTS FAILURE TO PROPERLY MONITOR THE FUEL SUPPLY WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AS THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID THE MOUNTAIN TOP.

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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