# Accident 20090130001939A: Piper PA34200T, Huntington, WV, January 30, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2009, 13:36 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri-State/Milton J. Ferguson F
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3433° N, 82.5561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3433&lon=-82.5561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8047C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8047C-2010-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090130001939A

## Narrative

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

N8047C DEPARTED LAKE IN THE HILLS AIRPORT, IL (3CK) ON JANUARY 30, 2009.  N8047C CONTACTED HUNTINGTON TRI-STATE AIRPORT, WV (HTS) SHORTLY AFTER 1300 DECLARING A LOW FUEL EMERGENCY REQUESTING TO LAND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND ATC WAS ASSISTING THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE APPROACH.  THE AIRCRAFT MISSED THE APPROACH AND WAS BEING ASSISTED BY ATC FOR A SECOND APPROACH.  THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN MISSED THE APPROACH AND WAS ATTEMPTING A THIRD APPROACH WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK HIGH TENSION POWER LINES AND CRASHED INTO A RESIDENTIAL WOODED AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE SIX OCCUPANTS ON BOARD SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 ERA09FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA145), Jan 30, 2009: Piper PA-34-200T (N8047C), Huntington, WV, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: (1) The pilot’s failure to perform adequate preflight planning and to use available in flight resources in a timely manner and (2) his decision to continue visual-flight-rules flight in instrument…

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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