# Accident 20100223028279A: Piper PA-28-180, Springfield, KY, February 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2010, 00:30 local time
- Place: Springfield, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6350° N, 85.2678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6350&lon=-85.2678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7778W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7778W-2013-02-26) (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 PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,522 total, 232 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100223028279A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUART 23, 2010 AT 0030 EST, A PIPER PA-28-180, N7778W, OPERATED BY DOUGLAS AVIATION LLC, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING FOR LANDING AT THE LEBANON-SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT (6I2), SPRINGFIELD, KY.  THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  INSTRUMENT METEOROGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC)  PREVAILED, AN IFR FLIGHT.

## 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 ERA10FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA148), Feb 23, 2010: Piper PA-28-180 (N7778W), Springfield, KY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and the pilot's impairment due to alcohol. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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