# Accident 19900508014789A: Piper PA28180, Hilton Head Is, SC, May 8, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1990, 08:05 local time
- Place: Hilton Head Is, SC
- Airport: Hilton Head Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2245° N, 80.6974° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILTON HEAD (HXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2245&lon=-80.6974&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9538J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9538J-1993-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 211 total, 1 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL90FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90FA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900508014789A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. CRASHED INTO TREES. NO DEFECTS. FUEL SELECTOR IN OFF POSITION. SERVICE BULLETIN NOT DONE.

## 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 ATL90FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90FA110), May 8, 1990: Piper PA-28-180 (N9538J), Hilton Head, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S MISMANAGEMENT OF THE FUEL SYSTEM THROUGH INADVERTANT SELECTION OF THE 'OFF' POSITION OF THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE HANDLE.

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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