# Accident 20020803019789A: Piper PA28180, Cheraw, SC, August 3, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2002, 15:45 local time
- Place: Cheraw, SC
- Airport: Cheraw Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7092° N, 79.9694° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7092&lon=-79.9694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3450R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3450R-2006-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02FA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020803019789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENGINE FAILED DURING CLIMB OUT. PILOT TRIED TO RETURN TO AIRPORT, CRASHED 200 YARDS SHORT OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. POST CRASH EXAMINATION DISCLOSED THE RIGHT TANK WAS EMPTY, LEFT TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY 13 GALLONS. FURTHER EXAMINATION DISCLOSED THAT THE WING FUEL LINES WERE RECENTLY REPAIRED AND THE LINES WERE CONNECTED BACKWARDS. THE LEFT TANK LINES WERE CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT FUEL SELECTOR VALVE AND THE RIGHT TANK LINES WERE CONNECTED TO THE LEFT FUEL SELECTOR VALVE.

## 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 MIA02FA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA144), Aug 3, 2002: Piper PA-28-180 (N3450R), Cheraw, SC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The misrouting of the fuel lines to the fuel selector, which resulted in the use of a fuel tank with inadequate fuel supply, fuel starvation, and the loss of engine power. Contributing was the…

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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