# Accident 20050110000259A: Piper PA30, Charleston, SC, January 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2005, 19:37 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Afb-International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8953° N, 80.0406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8953&lon=-80.0406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7654Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7654Y-2005-11-17) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 120 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050110000259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 10, 2005, AT 1937 EASTERN STANDARD TIME A PIPER PA-30, N7654Y, REGISTERED TO G.J. AIR LLC, AND OPERATED BY THE COMMERCIAL PILOT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 21, AT THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE REPOSITIONING FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WAS A POST-CRASH FIRE. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING FROM THE CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT ON JANUARY 10, 2005.

## 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 ATL05FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA043), Jan 11, 2005: Piper PA-30 (N7654Y), Charleston, SC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight and mismanagement of the fuel supply, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.

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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