# Accident 19940414007809A: Piper PA28140, Raleigh-Durham, NC, April 14, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1994, 21:57 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6380W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6380W-1998-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 305 total, 207 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL94LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940414007809A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON FINAL. LANDED AT NIGHT SHORT OF RUNWAY. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. FUEL IN OTHER TANK.

## 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 ATL94LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA081), Apr 15, 1994: Piper PA-28-140 (N6380W), Raleigh, NC, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE IN-FLIGHT FUEL PLANNING THAT RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION.

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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