# Accident 20020516038369A: Piper PA28151, Columbus, OH, May 16, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2002, 03:14 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9167° N, 82.8333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9167&lon=-82.8333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75303, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75303) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 96 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD02LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020516038369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LOST POWER 8 MILES FROM LCK. POWER WAS MOMENTARILY SWITCHING TANKS AND PRIMING BEFORE COMPLETELY FAILING AGAIN. PIC TOLD ATC HE RAN OUT OF FUEL AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING ON I-70 AT THE 113 MILE MARKER, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LIGHT POLE AT APPROXIMATELY 11 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND SHEARING APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET OFF THE LEFT WING. AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND SHEARING OFF LEFT WING OFF AT THE FUSELAGE AND FLIPPED OVER ON IT'S BACK. THERE WERE NO 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 IAD02LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA051), May 16, 2002: Piper PA-28-151 (N75303), Port Columbus, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's exhaustion of his fuel supply. A factor in the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.

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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