# Accident 20031023027909A: Piper PA24250, Troy, AL, October 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Troy, AL
- Airport: Troy Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8639° N, 86.0139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8639&lon=-86.0139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5920P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5920P-2013-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 4 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031023027909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NEW IBERIA, LA (ARA), VFR, ENROUTE TO TROY, AL (TOI) FOR A FUEL STOP WITH PLANNED CONTINUATION TO ATLANTA, GA. PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION (HIGH PERFORMANCE SIGNOFF) HAD JUST PURCHASED AIRCRAFT AND WAS FLYING IT HOME TO THE ATLANTA, GEORGIA AREA WITH A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO HAD JUST RECEIVED HIS HIGH PERFORMANCE SIGNOFF THE PREVIOUS DAY FROM A CFI IN HOUSTON, TX. IN THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT. CFI ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT WHILE ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 25 AT TROY, THE "ENGINE JUST QUIT." FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 500' AGL AND 1/2 MILE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TOPS OF TREES AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 700' SHORT OF RUNWAY 25. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY EITHER PILOT OR THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR LATER STATED THAT THE ENGINE "DID NOT QUIT" BUT THAT THERE WAS NO "RESPONSE" FROM ENGINE WHEN POWER WAS ADDED DUE TO BEING "A LITTLE SLOW ON FINAL."

## 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 ATL04LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA024), Oct 23, 2003: Piper PA-24-250 (N5920P), Troy, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor's improper fuel management resulting in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation resulting in a forced landing, in-flight collision with trees and ground.

## Other reports on N5920P (1)

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

- [Incident 19910803042709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910803042709I), Aug 3, 1991: Piper PA24250 (N5920P), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. Bounced on landing and gear collapsed. Pilot stated he was distracted by nervous passenger and not sure gear down.

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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