# Accident 19970624015459A: Piper PA28181, Walls, MS, June 24, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1997, 13:01 local time
- Place: Walls, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9493° N, 90.1308° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9493&lon=-90.1308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3692M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3692M-2001-03-22) (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 O360A4M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 309 total, 20 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970624015459A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER NEAR DESTINATION. CLIPPED TREE TOPS LANDING. IMPACTED FIELD HARD. FUEL TANKS EMPTY. CARB DEFECT USED. FU (-23) DURING DESCENT TO THE WALLS MISSISSIPPI AIRPORT, DUE TO FUEL GAUGES SHOWING LOWER THAN EXPECTED AFTER A 4 HOUR FLIGHT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION SHOWED THE FUEL TANKS TO BE EMPTY AND FUEL GAUGES AT ZERO.

## 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 MIA97LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA194), Jun 24, 1997: Piper PA-28-181 (N3692M), Walls, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The poor in-flight planning by the pilot for her failure to divert to an alternate airport after recognizing that a low fuel quantity state existed when preflight and in-flight planning revealed…

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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