# Accident 20080524842609A: Piper PA32260, Millinocket, ME, May 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2008, 16:10 local time
- Place: Millinocket, ME
- Airport: Millinocket Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6417° N, 68.6806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6417&lon=-68.6806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4823S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4823S-2014-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 15 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080524842609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT DEPARTED OXFORD CT TO MILLINOCKET ME. (MLT) WITH 5 POB'S.  NEAR BGR THE COPILOT DISCUSSED HIS CONCERN WITH THE FUEL QUANITY FOR THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE FLIGHT.  THE PIC STATED HE CONFIRMED FLIGHT TIME WITH THE GPS AND DETERMINED HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL PLUS HIS REQUIRED RESERVE TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT.  ON APPROACH TO MLT THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.  THE AIRCRAFT HIT A CHAIN LINK FENCE APPROX 150 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY, IMPACTED THE ROAD AND BOUNCED ONTO THE EMBANKMENT AND SLID TO A STOP APPROX 50 YARDS SHORT OF THE END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC08CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA192), May 24, 2008: Piper PA-32-260 (N4823S), Millinocket, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly monitor fuel consumption during the flight.

## Other reports on N4823S (1)

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

- [Accident 19790129001849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790129001849A), Jan 29, 1979: Piper PA32260 (N4823S), Milwaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that ATC failed to advise that 1st.1/3 of runway in good condition. Landed long on ice covered portion

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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