# Accident 19950104000139A: Piper PA28181, Miamisburg, OH, January 4, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1995, 11:10 local time
- Place: Miamisburg, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6309° N, 84.2707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miamisburg, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6309&lon=-84.2707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8435P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8435P-1996-11-07) (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 O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,033 total, 50 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO95FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950104000139A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER EN ROUTE AND CRASHED. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. (-23) ON JANUARY 4, 1995, AT 1110 EST, A PIPER PA-28-181, N8435P, REGISTERED TO DAYTON PILOTS CLUB INC. CRASHED WHILE ON A FLIGHT FROM MORAINE AIRPORT, OHIO (I73) TO DAYTON GENERAL SOUTH AIRPORT, OHIO (MGY). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 BFO95FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95FA026), Jan 4, 1995: Piper PA-28-181 (N8435P), Miamisburg, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS WHICH LED TO FUEL STARVATION AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.

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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