# Accident 20030525017709A: Piper PA32260, Huntington, WV, May 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2003, 08:25 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Robert Newlon Fld Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4283° N, 82.3117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4283&lon=-82.3117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N820CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N820CA-2005-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030525017709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS OVERFLYING A SMALL, GRASS-FIELD RUNWAY TO OBSERVE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH EAA FLY-IN. ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE ON UPWIND OF RUNWAY 2 AND PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE TO HUNTINGTON ATCT. PILOT ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 2 AT 141, BUT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET PRIOR TO END OF RUNWAY AND STRUCK A GRAVEL PILE AND SOME LARGE PIECES OF SCRAP STEEL, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 NYC03LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA116), May 25, 2003: Piper PA32-260 (N820CA), Huntington, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to position the fuel selector to a tank with adequate fuel for the flight, which resulted in a power loss due to fuel starvation and the subsequent forced landing.

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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