# Accident 19931227047269A: Piper PA28181, North Myrtle Be, SC, December 27, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1993, 15:03 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8386° N, 78.7109° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8386&lon=-78.7109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2205Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2205Z-1997-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 222 total, 72 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL94LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931227047269A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON APPROACH TO DESTINATION. BRUSHED TREE TOPS AND STALL LANDED IN A FIELD. COLLAPSED GEAR. FUEL EMPTY.

## 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 ATL94LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA033), Dec 27, 1993: Piper PA-28-181 (N2205Z), N. Myrtle Beach, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER INFLIGHT DECISION IN THAT HE FAILED TO REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO EXHAUSTING THE FUEL SUPPLY. A FACTOR WAS THE SOFT TERRAIN AT THE FORCED LANDING SITE.

## Other reports on N2205Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19970101000049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970101000049A), Jan 1, 1997: Piper PA28181 (N2205Z), Florence, SC, Substantial damage. Lost power on ILS approach. Crashed residential area. Hit trees and house. Ran out of fuel. (-23) pilot stated that when on the ILS approach to runway 09 at…

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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