# Accident 20060128000899A: Piper PA32R300, Camden, AL, January 28, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2006, 13:39 local time
- Place: Camden, AL
- Airport: Camden Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9797° N, 87.3561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9797&lon=-87.3561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38510, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38510-2008-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,337 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060128000899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) APPARENTLY EXHAUSTED FUEL IN RIGHT FUEL CELL AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE AFTER SWITCHING TO LEFT FUEL CELL. LEFT FUEL CELL CONTAINED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUEL, AND SELECTOR VALVE WAS IN THE LEFT POSITION. THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER ASSEMBLY, A FEW DROPS IN THE FUEL LINE, AND APPROXIMATELY 1/2 OUNCE IN THE FUEL PUMP. THE ENGINE STARTED AND RAN AFTER MINOR REPAIR TO THE WIRING HARNESS, AND ACCESSORY CRASH DAMAGE.

## 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 ATL06FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA038), Jan 28, 2006: Piper PA-32R-300 (N38510), Camden, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain altitude and clearance during a visual descent which resulting in an in-flight collision with trees and the ground for undetermined reasons.

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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