# Accident 20050602018759A: Piper E2, Hastings, NY, June 2, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2005, 19:30 local time
- Place: Hastings, NY
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3667° N, 76.2356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3667&lon=-76.2356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2122, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2122) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper E-2 (registry code 7100302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-e-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER E2
- Reported engine: CONT A404
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 680 total, 5 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050602018759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 2, 2005, AT 1930 EST, A 1934 PIPER E-2, N2122, S/N 84, OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FROM A GRASS STRIP LOCATED AT 2010 US ROUTE 11, HASTINGS, NEW YORK 13076. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEADING NORTH AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AGL WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT SAID HE EXECUTED A 180-DEGREE TURN AND MADE THE TURN FINE, BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO CLEAR A 40-FOOT TREE LINE TO LAND BACK AT HIS GRASS STRIP. HE LANDED IN THE TOPS OF THE TREES. HE STARTED TO GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT FELL TO THE GROUND. THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE FUEL AND CHECKED TO SEE IF THE EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT) WENT OFF, WHICH IT DID NOT. THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE CRASH, FIRE, AND RESCUE RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE. FAA INSPECTORS INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE, WHICH REVEALED NO ABNORMALITY. THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED WHICH REVEALED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS INTERNALLY CORRODED WITH RUSTED METAL FLAKES AND SEDIMENT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FUEL TANK. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO POSSIBLY STARVE OF FUEL WHEN THE RUSTED METAL PARTICLES BLOCKED THE AN822-5 FITTING EXITING THE FUEL TANK TO THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL SELECTOR VALVE. THE INSPECTORS STARTED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE, WHICH VERIFIED THE ENGINE MAGNETO WAS OPERATING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NOF FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT 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 IAD05LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA071), Jun 2, 2005: Piper E2 (N2122), Hastings, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation due to a blocked fuel line, which resulted in a 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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