# Accident 20050605016039A: Piper PA32R301T, New Tazewell, TN, June 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2005, 22:00 local time
- Place: New Tazewell, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4100° N, 83.5553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4100&lon=-83.5553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N341MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N341MA-2008-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050605016039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C LOST POWER, PILOT TRIED TO FIND NEW TAZWELL AIRPORT (3A2). PILOT AND TWO OTHER A/C TRIED TO GET LIGHTS TO COME ON AT 3A2 AND COULD NOT. ROTATING BEACON WAS NOT WORKING. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN FIELD WEST OF AIRPORT. HIT TOP OF TREE APPROX. 60' THEN HIT HEDGE ROW, THEN PICK UP TRUCK COMING TO REST ON TOP OF TRUCK WITH LEFT WING REMOVING PORTION OF ROOF OF MOBILE HOME. ENGINE HAD LITTLE TO NO OIL IN SUMP WITH OIL STAIN DOWN UNDERSIDE OF FUSELAGE.

## 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 ATL05LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA094), Jun 6, 2005: Piper PA-32R-301T (N341MA), Tazewell, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of engine power due to oil starvation; the reason for the oil starvation could not be determined.

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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