# Accident 19941221044079A: Piper PA28181, Sarasota-Brand, FL, December 21, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1994, 17:20 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Brand, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Brandenton Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82895, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82895-2000-07-14) (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 O360A4K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 835 total, 91 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941221044079A

## Narrative

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

FUEL STARVATION TURNING BASE. LANDED ON A ROAD. STRUCK A SIGN. HAD FLOWN NON STOP FROM KEY WEST.

## 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 MIA95LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA046), Dec 21, 1994: Piper PA-28-181 (N82895), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: IN FLIGHT PLANNING DECISION DELAY BY THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND IN THAT HE FAILED TO DIVERT TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT BEFORE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## Other reports on N82895 (1)

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

- [Incident 19971031031569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971031031569I), Oct 31, 1997: Piper PA28181 (N82895), St Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. Day air flying acft ran off the end of rwy and went into water, acft has subst damage st. Petersburg, FL. (-23) enroute spg-rsw, pilot returned to spg due to…

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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