# Accident 20041108033999A: Piper PA32260, Chamblee, GA, November 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Chamblee, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8831° N, 84.2978° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8831&lon=-84.2978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411CP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N411CP-2007-01-23) (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 O540E4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 305 total, 230 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041108033999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1530 ON NOVEMBER 8, 2004, AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 2R AT DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT (PDK) IN ATLANTA, GA, PIPER N411CP EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. THE LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL OR 400 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL DURING A TURN TO A HEADING OF 080. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH THE RIGHT TIP FUEL TANK SELECTED. AFTER THE LOSS OF POWER, THE PILOT SWITCHED FROM THE RIGHT TIP FUEL TANK TO THE RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK AND THEN BACK TO THE RIGHT TIP FUEL TANK. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK BOTH A PINE TREE AND AN OAK TREE BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE ROOF OF THE HOME LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING THE CRASH SEQUENCE, TH ERIGHT TIP FUEL TANK SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT, THE FUEL LINE FROM THE RIGHT TIP FUEL TANK TO THE SYSTEM QUICK DRAIN WAS DRAINED WITH AN INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUEL COMING OUT.

## 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 ATL05LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA022), Nov 8, 2004: Piper PA-32-260 (N411CP), Chamblee, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel supply, which resulted in fuel starvation and the subsequent loss of engine power. .

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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