# Accident 20061210025929A: Piper PA32R300, Charlottesvill, VA, December 10, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2006, 13:28 local time
- Place: Charlottesvill, VA
- Airport: Charlottesville-Albemarle
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1386° N, 78.4528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1386&lon=-78.4528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8349C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8349C-2008-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061210025929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON "VISUAL APPROACH" TO LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 21 AT THE CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE COUNTY AIRPORT (CHO), PILOT REPORTED "ENGINE OUT." CHO ATCT CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO LAND RUNWAY 3, HOWEVER, AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE CRASH SITE WAS DESTROYED BY A POST-IMPACT FIRE.

## 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 NYC07FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA043), Dec 10, 2006: Piper PA-32R-300 (N8349C), Charlottesville, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power 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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