# Accident 19960713017089A: Piper PA32RT300T, Rogers, AR, July 13, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1996, 07:40 local time
- Place: Rogers, AR
- Airport: Rogers Municipal-Carter Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3300° N, 94.1308° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3300&lon=-94.1308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N810EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N810EM-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA302) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960713017089A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL AND ENGINE QUIT, CRASHED. (-23) ON JULY 13, 1996, AT 0740 CDT, A PIPER PA32RT-300T, N810EM, FLOWN BY GREG MCCABE WAS DEMOLISHED DURING A FORCED LANDING AT ROGERS, ARKANSAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, AND WAS BEING FLOWN ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN. THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION AFTER TWO MISSED APPROACHES AT ROGERS. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND THE ONLY PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 FTW96LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA302), Jul 13, 1996: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N810EM), Rogers, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's failure to refuel. Factors were the below landing minimums weather conditions and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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