# Accident 20050314006859A: Piper PA32300, Millersburg, OH, March 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2005, 15:15 local time
- Place: Millersburg, OH
- Airport: Holmes County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5367° N, 81.9559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOLMES COUNTY (10G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5367&lon=-81.9559&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFLPB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050314006859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM CMH TO OTTAWA, CANADA. AT APPROX 7,500 FT. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER. PILOT STATED PROP CONTINUED TO WINDMILL AS HE SWITCHED FUEL SOURCES AND MAGNETO'S, NO HELP. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO DIVERT AND LAND AT 10G. ON APPROACH RIGHT WING STRUCK TREE AND DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND AND CARTWHEELED APPROX 50 FT. UNTIL COMING TO REST. LEFT WING WAS BROKEN FROM FUSELAGE AND AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. PILOT SUSTAINED NUMEROUS INJURIES, BUT NONE LIFE THREATENING. INITIAL INVESTIGATION FOUND SIGNIFICANT WATER AND DEBRIS IN FUEL SELECTOR VALVE SUMP DRAIN COLLECTION POINT. AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED ON 3/4/05 IN CMH, THEN SAT UNHANGERED UNTIL IT DEPARTED ON 3/14/05. DURING THIS TIMEFRAME COLUMBUS, OH, EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE GASKETS FOR FUEL CAPS ON THE MAIN AND WINGTIP TANKS HARD AND NOT PLIABLE. THE RIGHT MAIN TANK FUEL CAP WAS LOOSE IN SECURED POSITION. THE FUEL SYSTEM FROM THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE, THROUGH THE LINES AND INTO THE ENGINE DID NOT CONTAIN ANY SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE OF FUEL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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