# Accident 20130908017759A: Piper PA-24-250, Woodstock, CT, September 8, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2013, 13:00 local time
- Place: Woodstock, CT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5700° N, 72.0100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5700&lon=-72.0100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7333P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7333P-2017-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA408) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130908017759A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/08/13 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 DEPARTED SOUTHBRIDGE AIRPORT (3B0) IN HIS AIRCRAFT N7333P, A PIPER PA-24-250, INTENDING TO FLY TO DANIELSON AIRPORT (KLZD) TO GET FUEL. WHILE EN ROUTE ABOUT 5 MILES FROM KLZD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. SHORTLY THEREAFTER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED SOMETHING STRUCK HIS PROPELLER AND WINDSHIELD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT AROUND 2500 FEET AND FLYING AT AROUND 110 KNOTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO DIVERT TO WOODSTOCK AIRPORT (64CT) BUT THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND HE PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN A CORNFIELD IN WOODSTOCK CT RESULTING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MINOR PERSONAL INJURY TO HIMSELF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE SOLE PERSON ON BOARD.

## 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 ERA13LA408](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA408), Sep 8, 2013: Piper PA-24-250 (N7333P), Woodstock, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight inspection, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.

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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