# Incident 20111016024269I: Piper PA-24-250, Metter, GA, October 16, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2011, 15:15 local time
- Place: Metter, GA
- Airport: Metter Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3739° N, 82.0818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Metter Municipal Airport (MHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3739&lon=-82.0818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7735P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7735P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 608 total, 450 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111016024269I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO VERIFY AMOUNT OF FUEL IN RIGHT MAIN TANK PRIOR TO TAKE OFF.  ENGINE LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION.  INSUFFICIENT TIME TO POSITION LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED.  GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRCRAFT SLID ON EXHAUST STACK AND BELLY, WITH ALL THREE PROPELLERS COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.  INSPECTION OF RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK INDICATED EMPTY.

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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