# Accident 20040820022379A: Piper PA31P, Clarkson, NY, August 20, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2004, 13:37 local time
- Place: Clarkson, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BIWA
- Location: 43.2514° N, 77.8689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2514&lon=-77.8689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57EF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57EF-2005-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIGO-541SER (registry code 41539, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tigo-541ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Reported engine: LYC TIGO541*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040820022379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1337 LOCAL, A PIPER PA-31-P, REGISTRATION NUMBER N57EF, REGISTERED TO CEO AIR, INC. OF 225 ALLENS CREEK RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14618, OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, IMPACTED TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NNE OF THE LEDGEDALE AIRPORT (7GO), BEHIND 2745 SWEDEN-WALKER ROAD, TOWNSHIP OF CLARKSON, NY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 IAD04FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04FA040), Aug 20, 2004: Piper PA-31P (N57EF), Clarkson, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel by his failure to select the proper fuel tank which resulted in starvation and subsequent loss of engine power in both engines.

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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