# Accident 20080804855539A: Piper PA12, Huntsville, AL, August 4, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2008, 14:30 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Moontown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7473° N, 86.4612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOONTOWN (3M5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7473&lon=-86.4612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7820H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7820H-2009-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,076 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080804855539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 08, 2008 AT 1430 LOCAL, PILOT WITH ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED MOONTOWN, AL, 3M5 N A PIPER PA-12, N7820H.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED SOON AFTER TAKEOFF APPROXIMATLEY 1222 FEET OF THE WEST END OF THE RUNWAY DUE TO POSSIBLE FUEL DEPLETION.  FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS FOUND TO BE IN THE OFF POSITION.  TWO FATAL AND AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND CONSUMED BY FIRE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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