# Accident 19961228042459A: Piper PA30, Goldsboro, NC, December 28, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1996, 10:27 local time
- Place: Goldsboro, NC
- Airport: Seymour Johnson Afb
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3692° N, 77.9707° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3692&lon=-77.9707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8220Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8220Y-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC LIO320C1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,697 total, 1,151 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961228042459A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED INTO WORSENING WEATHER. GOT IFR CLEARANCE CONTINUED WITH ZERO IMC UNTIL LOW FUEL. RAN OUT ON ASR AT GSB. (-23) PILOT DEPARTED BWI APPROXIMATELY 0820 LOCAL WITH INTENT TO REFUEL AT W32.  UNABLE TO LAND W32 DUE TO IFR WEATHER.  PILOT AIRFILED IFR FLIGHT PLAN ADW-MYR AND CONTINUED FLIGHT SOUTHBOUND UNTIL VICINITY OF KINSTON, NC. REQUESTED ILS APPROACH TO ISO AND SUBSEQUENTLY MISSED. FLEW TOWARD PGV WITH INTENT TO LAND.  LOST LEFT ENGINE WHILE ENROUTE PGV.  TURNED SOUTHWEST TOWARD GSB. ATTEMPTED TWO PAR APPROACHES AT GSB WITHOUT LANDING. PILOT EXPERIENCED TOTAL FUEL STARVATION APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF GSB WHILE MANEUVERING FOR THIRD ATTEMPTED APPROACH. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED IN HEAVILY WOODED AREA NEAR GSB.

## 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 MIA97FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97FA049), Dec 28, 1996: Piper PA-30 (N8220Y), Goldsboro, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow instrument approach procedures during numerous instrument approaches and missed approaches which resuled in a total loss of engine power on both engines due to fuel…

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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