# Accident 20101007049069A: Piper PA-28-140, Louisville, KY, October 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2010, 23:11 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2281° N, 85.6636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2281&lon=-85.6636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57302, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57302-2012-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 278 total, 208 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101007049069A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN VFR, FROM AUBURN, AL DIRECT TO LOUISVILLE, KY.  PILOT PLUS 3 PASSENGERS.  THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND LANDED APROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE BOWMAN FIELD (LOU).  THE LANDING WAS ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE.  ALL PERSONS ON BOARD SUFFERED MINOR 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 ERA11CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA013), Oct 8, 2010: Piper PA28 (N57302), Louisville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N57302 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800315006479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800315006479A), Mar 15, 1980: Piper PA28140 (N57302), Eliot, ME, Substantial damage. Landing in gusty surface wind allowed airplane to drift to side of runway. Wing hit snowbank at touch down.

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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