# Accident 20031122030159A: Piper PA28R200, Columbia, SC, November 22, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2003, 17:30 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8889° N, 81.1194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8889&lon=-81.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5041T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5041T-2005-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,130 total, 500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031122030159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM WESTOVE AFB, MASS, TO AIKEN AIRPORT, AIKEN, SC, WHEN HE NOTICED FUEL GAUGES WERE ON EMPTY. PILOT REQUESTED RADAR VECTORS FROM CAE ATCT TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT FOR REFUELING. CAE TOWER VECTORED AIRCRAFT TO AIRPORT AND LANDED IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY OF HOMEOWNERS BACKYARD. 1 SOUL ON BOARD, WHO RECEIVED MINOR LACERATIONS ON THE HANDS.

## 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 ATL04LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA039), Nov 22, 2003: Piper PA-28R (N5041T), Columbia, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel supply, and his inadequate preflight planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N5041T (1)

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

- [Incident 19850413017239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850413017239I), Apr 13, 1985: Piper PA28R200 (N5041T), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. While exiting runway aircraft struck runway light with nose wheel. Pilot had failed to see and avoid light.

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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