# Accident 20050916023479A: Piper PA34200, Greenville, AL, September 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2005, 15:10 local time
- Place: Greenville, AL
- Airport: Greenville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8536° N, 86.6175° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8536&lon=-86.6175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N287RR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N287RR-2012-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050916023479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKEOFF ON RWY 32 THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER TO THE LEFT ENGINE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AGL, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN AN UNCONTROLLED YAW TO THE LEFT; AT 240 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 143 FEET FROM THE POINT OF FIRST IMPACT AND 343 FEET LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE.

## 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 ATL05CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA162), Sep 16, 2005: Piper PA-34-200 (N287RR), Greenville, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of left engine power due to fuel system contamination and the pilot's failure to follow procedures and his improper use of the throttle and flight controls during the forced landing.

## Other reports on N287RR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990506004769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990506004769I), May 6, 1999: Piper PA34200 (N287RR), Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. Acft nose gear collapsed as the acft attempted to turn off of the rwy and onto the twy, other circumstances are unknown. (-23) struck nose gear during…

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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