# Accident 20120720016779A: Piper PA-32S-300, Adelanto, CA, July 20, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2012, 12:15 local time
- Place: Adelanto, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5375° N, 117.4606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5375&lon=-117.4606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5212S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5212S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32S-300 (registry code 7103214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32s-300) (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-32S-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 124 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA315) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120720016779A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON TAKE OFF ROLL WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A UNUSUAL SOUND AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO CLIMB. TAKE OFF WAS ABORTED. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A POLE, WHICH CAUSE THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLASPE AND THE WINGS TO OBTAINED SUBTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR12LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA315), Jul 20, 2012: Piper PA-32S-300 (N5212S), Adelanto, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the aborted takeoff, which was aborted due to fuel starvation as a result of an inadvertent in-flight activation of the fuel drain…

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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