# Accident 19910313008459A: Piper PA34220T, Lawrenceville, GA, March 13, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1991, 21:47 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, GA
- Airport: Gwinnett County-Briscoe Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9781° N, 83.9624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GWINNETT COUNTY/BRISCOE FLD (LZU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9781&lon=-83.9624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9191P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9191P-1992-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- Reported engine: CONT LTSIO360KB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 95 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL91FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910313008459A

## Narrative

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

LOW ON FUEL DUE HEADWIND. MISSED APPROACHS AT SEVERAL AIRPORTS. RAN OUT OF FUEL ON VECTORS TO UNLIGHTED AIRPORT.

## 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 ATL91FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA064), Mar 14, 1991: Piper PA-34-220T (N9191P), Lawrenceville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE POOR INFLIGHT PLANNING BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION. FACTORS RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE UNFAVORABLE WINDS, THE DARK NIGHT, AND THE INOPERABLE AIRPORT RUNWAY LIGHTS.

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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