# Accident 19920717025939A: Piper PA30, Shallotte, NC, July 17, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1992, 11:32 local time
- Place: Shallotte, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9737° N, 78.3802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shallotte, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9737&lon=-78.3802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N160MJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N160MJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,938 total, 205 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920717025939A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER BOTH ENGINES IFR EN ROUTE. LANDED GEAR UP IN FIELD. FUEL LEAK FOUND IN LEFT BLADDER CELL DUE AGING CRACK

## 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 ATL92LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA140), Jul 17, 1992: Piper PA-30 (N160MJ), Shallotte, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE DETERIORATION OF THE LEFT MAIN FUEL BLADDER WHICH RESULTED IN THE PREMATURE EXHAUSTION OF THE FUEL SUPPLY AND THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. A FACTOR WAS SOFT TERRAIN.

## Other reports on N160MJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900531026529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900531026529I), May 31, 1990: Piper PA30 (N160MJ), Binghamton, NY, Minor damage. Pilot hit a taxiway light while taxiing for takeoff.

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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