# Accident 20030324004819A: Piper PA28151, South Haven, MI, March 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2003, 14:35 local time
- Place: South Haven, MI
- Airport: South Haven Area Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3508° N, 86.2561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3508&lon=-86.2561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43456, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43456) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 69 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030324004819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FLEW FROM GUTHRIE, OK (KGOH), WITH A PLANNED DESTINATION OF ALLEGAN, MI (K35D). PILOTS FUEL PLANNING INDICATED THAT SUFFICIENT FUEL EXISTED FOR THE TRIP. UPON REACHING THE SOUTH HAVEN, MI AREA FUEL GUAGES INDICATED NEAR EMPTY SO PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT SOUTH HAVEN, MI FOR ADDITIONAL FUEL, BEFORE CONTINUING TO ALLEGAN, MI WHICH WAS APPROX. 20 MINUTES ADDITIONAL FLIGHT TIME. WHILE DESCENDING FOR A LANDING AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND PILOT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON AIRPORT PROPERTY AT SOUTH HAVEN, MI.

## 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 CHI03LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA090), Mar 24, 2003: Piper PA-28-151 (N43456), South Haven, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate fuel consumption calculations by the pilot and the fuel exhaustion. The inadequate traffic pattern distance from the runway, which precluded his reaching the runway.

## Other reports on N43456 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200923015829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200923015829I), Sep 23, 2020: Piper PA-28-151 (N43456), Georgetown Twp, MI, Minor damage. On September 23, 2020 at 20:45 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Piper PA-28-151, N43456 registered to victory aviation ii LLC, was on approach to land runway 32…

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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