# Accident 20060318004849A: Piper PA28180, Easley, SC, March 18, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2006, 15:30 local time
- Place: Easley, SC
- Airport: Williamsport Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8333° N, 82.3500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8333&lon=-82.3500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2133T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2133T-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 200 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060318004849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER REACHING AN ALTITUDE OF 3000' FEET HE LEVELED FOR CRUISE AND RETARDED THE THROTTLE AND TURNED OFF THE FUEL PUMP. AT THAT TIME THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND LOST POWER. THE FUEL PUMP WAS TURNED ON AND THE THROTTLE WAS NOT RESPONSIVE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRFIELD BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO AND LANDED SHORT IN A CLEARING. APPROXIMATELY THIRTY-FIVE GALLONS OF FUEL WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AND APPEARED TO BE NORMAL.

## 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 ATL06LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA053), Mar 18, 2006: Piper PA28-180F (N2133T), Easley, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons which resulted in a forced landing and subsequent in-flight collision with non-suitable terrain.

## Other reports on N2133T (1)

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

- [Accident 19731031039541A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731031039541A), Oct 31, 1973: Piper PA28180 (N2133T), Hartford, CT, Minor damage. L horiz stab & elev of C-150 dmgd. Prop of PA-28 rcvd dmg. Both acft lnd ok.

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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