# Accident 20100509033309A: Moynahan MOYNAHAN PI, Newnan, GA, May 9, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2010, 18:45 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Newnan-Coweta Co.
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3114° N, 84.7697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3114&lon=-84.7697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5FM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5FM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Moynahan MOYNAHAN PITTS S-1S (registry code 7220725, https://openairdocs.org/model/moynahan-moynahan-pitts-s-1s) (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: MOYNAHAN MOYNAHAN PI
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 100 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100509033309A

## Narrative

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

IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW ON 05-10-2010, THE PILOT, MR. TOM F. MOYNAHAN (770) 304-4000, STATED THAT HE CHECKED THE FUEL IN THE TANK WITH A STICK AND WAS SATISIFIED THAT HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL FOR A FEW TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. AFTER SEVERAL TAKEOFF'S, FROM RUNWAY 32, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SPUTTERED ON TAKEOFF AND HE EXECUTED AN IMMEDIATE RIGHT TURN PUTTING THE AIRCRAFT HEADING  TOWARDS RUNWAY 14. AFTER LOSING THE ENGINE TO FUEL STARVATION, HE STATED THAT HE POINTED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO MAINTAIN AIR SPEED AND RIGHT BEFORE IMPACT WITH THE PARKING RAMP, HE ATTEMPTED TO FLAIR THE AIRCRAFT. THE LANDING GEAR AND LOWER FUSELAGE ABSORBED THE IMPACT AND THE AIR CRAFT SKIDDED 241 FEET ACROSS THE PARKING RAMP SIDEWAYS COMING TO REST A FEW FEET ON THE SURROUNDING GRASS. AIRCRAFT "G" METER SHOWED NEGATIVE 3 G'S AND A POSITIVE 10 G'S. HE STATED THAT HE EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY INCASE OF FIRE. HE STATED THAT LATER ON, HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND HIS HAND HAD BEEN CUT. HE STATED THAT THE HOSPITAL DETERMINED THAT HE HAD CRACKED A VERTABREA  AFTER X-RAYS AND COULD NOT BE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED FROM CARE. AIRCRAFT WAS SEVERLY DAMAGED, LANDING GEAR  TWISTED AND BROKEN OFF AND THE AIRFRAME BENT AND BADLY DAMAGED IN THE WING AREA. THE PROPELLER WAS BENT AT THE TIPS. CONDITION OF ENGINE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

## 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 ERA10CA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA258), May 9, 2010: Moynahan Moynahan Pitts S-1S (N5FM), Newnan, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total 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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