# Accident 19940801019809A: Piper PA28181, Wllington, KS, August 1, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1994, 07:45 local time
- Place: Wllington, KS
- Airport: Wellington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2697° N, 97.3903° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2697&lon=-97.3903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3693M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3693M-1997-01-21) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 241 total, 204 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94FA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94FA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940801019809A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. STALLED REVERSING COURSE TO RUNWAY. VERTICAL IMPACT SHORT OF RUNWAY. NO FUEL AT CRASH SIGHT

## 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 CHI94FA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94FA253), Aug 1, 1994: Piper PA-28-181 (N3693M), Wellington, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the emergency descent, resulting in a stall-spin. Factors were fuel exhaustion resulting from improper fuel calculations by the pilot.

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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