# Accident 20130527011859A: Piper PA-32R-300, Macon, GA, May 27, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2013, 17:58 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6639° N, 83.6031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6639&lon=-83.6031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4489F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4489F-2014-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-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-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,050 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA256) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130527011859A

## Narrative

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

ON 05/27/2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 17:58 EDT AIRCRAFT N4489F, A PIPER PA-32R-300, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH TERRAIN. THE PILOT MADE AN ATTEMPT TO LAND AT MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT (MCN) AFTER REPORTING A SLIGHT LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. THE PILOT SHORTLY THERE AFTER REPORTED THAT HIS ENGINE HAD QUIT AND THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE MCN AND REQUESTED TO LAND AT WARNER ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE (WRB). THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN .8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUNWAY 15 AT WRB. THE PILOT, AN ATP, AND THE PASSENGER, A PRIVATE PILOT, BOTH WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 ERA13FA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA256), May 27, 2013: Piper PA-32R-300 (N4489F), Macon, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to oil starvation for reasons that could not be determined due to extensive postcrash fire and heat damage to the engine components.

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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