# Accident 20030616018889A: Piper PA30, New Philadelphi, OH, June 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2003, 15:44 local time
- Place: New Philadelphi, OH
- Airport: Harry Clever Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4808° N, 81.4404° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4808&lon=-81.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8162Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8162Y-2009-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 953 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03FA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030616018889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 6-16-03 N8162Y A PIPER 30-30, PILOTED BY WOODROW E. WILLIAMS, CRASHED ONE MILE SOUTH OF NEW PHILADELPHIA (PHD). THERE WERE TWO FATALITIES MR. WILLIAMS AND HIS WIFE EVELYN WILLIAMS. WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN POWER. THE AIRCRAFT OVERFLEW THE AIRPORT AT ABOUT 100' GEAR UP AND CONTINUED TO FLY SOUTH OVER ROUTE 250 WHERE THE AIRCRAFT BECAME TOO LOW AND CLIPPED A TREE LINE. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INVERTED IN A GRAVEL PIT. THERE WAS NO FUEL FOUND IN THE LEFT OUTBOARD TANK-EVIDENCE OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT OUTBOARD TANK. THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVES WERE POSITIONED TO THE OUTBOARD TANKS. FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT INBOARD TANK, THE LEFT INBOARD TANK WAS PUNCTURED. MR. WILLIAMS PURCHASED 55.3G OF FUEL 2 HOURS EARLIER THAT DAY IN CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN. THE ENGINES WERE LOOKED AT BY LYCOMING COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE AND DID NOT INDICATE ANY ABNORMALITIES.

## 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 IAD03FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03FA058), Jun 16, 2003: Piper PA-30 (N8162Y), NewPhiladelphia, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel, and his failure to maintain minimum controllable airspeed with one engine inoperative.

## Other reports on N8162Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19890528037979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890528037979I), May 28, 1989: Piper PA30 (N8162Y), State College, PA, Minor damage. On landing rollout left main tire went flat. Aircraft veered left and departed runway. Replaced tire and tube.

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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