# Accident 19930517039809A: Piper PA28140, Cadiz, KY, May 17, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1993, 13:15 local time
- Place: Cadiz, KY
- Airport: Lake Barkley State Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8178° N, 87.9075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE BARKLEY STATE PARK (1M9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8178&lon=-87.9075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6943W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6943W-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 192 total, 111 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930517039809A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT NEARING DESTINATION AIRPORT. DITCHED IN LAKE NEAR SHORE. FUEL TANKS EMPTY OF USABLE FUEL.

## 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 BFO93LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA094), May 17, 1993: Piper PA-28-140 (N6943W), Canton, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING WHEN DETERMINING HIS FUEL LOAD, WHICH LED TO AN EXHAUSTION OF THE AIRPLANE'S FUEL SUPPLY.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.