# Accident 20070917824329A: Piper PA30, Harold, FL, September 17, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2007, 11:50 local time
- Place: Harold, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6869° N, 86.8839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6869&lon=-86.8839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8751Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8751Y-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070917824329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FLIGHT DEPARTED WITH BETWEEN 60 AND 65 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD FOR THE ESTIMATED 1 HOUR 20 MINUTE FLIGHT. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THE FUEL CONSUMPTION FOR THE FLIGHT WOULD BE BETWEEN 26 AND 28 GALLONS TOTAL. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED WITH EACH SELECTOR POSITIONED TO EACH MAIN TANK POSITION. THE PILOT CLIMBED TO 5,500 FEET, WHERE HE THEN REPOSITIONED EACH FUEL SELECTOR TO EACH AUXILIARY FUEL TANK POSITION. THE FUEL SELECTORS REMAINED ON THE AUXILIARY FUEL TANK POSITION FOR 22 MINUTES, WHEN HE THEN MOVED THEM BACK TO EACH MAIN TANK POSITION. WHEN THE FLIGHT WAS BETWEEN 3,000 AND 4,000 FEET, BOTH ENGINES QUIT AT THE SAME TIME. THE PILOT TURNED ON EACH AUXILIARY FUEL BOOST PUMP AND THEN MOVED EACH FUEL SELECTOR TO THE AUXILIARY FUEL TANK POSITION WHICH RESTORED ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT ADVISED THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER OF THE SITUATION WHO VECTORED THE FLIGHT TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE PILOT PERFORMED THE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE PILOT LANDED AT APPROXIMATELY 90-100 MILES-PER-HOUR, BOUNCED, THEN TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THEY WERE INEFFECTIVE, HE TRIED TO TURN RIGHT. THE FUSELAGE OF THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED BETWEEN TWO FENCE POSTS WHICH CONTACTED EACH WING. THE UPRIGHT.

## 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 MIA07LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA152), Sep 17, 2007: Piper PA-30 (N8751Y), Milton, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to attain the proper touchdown point during the precautionary landing resulting in the on-ground collision with fence posts.

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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