# Accident 19970502007359A: Piper PA23, Chantilly, VA, May 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1997
- Place: Chantilly, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 38.9619° N, 77.4599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9619&lon=-77.4599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1044P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1044P-2001-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970502007359A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEMS AND DIVERTED AIRPORTS, LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY INTO TREES.

## 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 IAD97LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA071), May 2, 1997: Piper PA-23 (N1044P), Washington, DC, substantial damage. Probable cause: total loss of power on both engines due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's improper fuel consumption calculations.

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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