# Accident 20080508835429A: Piper PA32R300, Emporia, KS, May 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Emporia, KS
- Airport: Emporia Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4100° N, 96.1897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4100&lon=-96.1897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N385WR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N385WR-2013-04-17) (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 IO540K1G5D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 56 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080508835429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE FROM TDW TO EMP, APPROXIMATELY 16:30 AND 10 MILES FROM EMP, N385WR EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEMS AND LANDED IN A FIELD. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND RT WINGTIP WERE TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SUBSTANTIAL 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 DFW08LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA133), May 8, 2008: Piper PA-32R-300 (N385WR), Emporia, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of a blocked fuel outlet caused by the peeling off of a previously approved fuel tank sealer.

## Other reports on N385WR (1)

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

- [Incident 19960401009779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960401009779I), Apr 1, 1996: Piper PA32R300 (N385WR), Brookings, SD, Minor damage. Narrative: on April 1, 1996, at approximately 1205 p.m., the PIC, ruby l. rhine's, while intending to land at the Brookings Municipal Airport, did not extend…

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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