# Accident 20091025857439A: Piper PA28180, Spring Hill, FL, October 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2009, 14:10 local time
- Place: Spring Hill, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3303° N, 82.4964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3303&lon=-82.4964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7220W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7220W-2012-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 868 total, 25 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091025857439A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 25, 2009 AT APPROXIMTELY 1410 EDT, A PIPER PA-28-180 (N7220W) CRASHED INTO A FIELD LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PILOT COUNTRY AIRPORT IN PASCO COUNTY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE PILOT, ARTHUR JOSEPH MICHAUD, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 2836348, AND PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

## 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 ERA10LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA031), Oct 25, 2009: Piper PA28 (N7220W), Brooksville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning.

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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