# Accident 20140126001709A: Piper PA-32RT-300, Millen, GA, January 26, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2014, 16:00 local time
- Place: Millen, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8006° N, 81.9409° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8006&lon=-81.9409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36086, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36086-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 808 total, 384 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140126001709A

## Narrative

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

PILOT COMPLIED WITH PREFLIGHT INSPECTIONS, TAXI AND GROUND RUN-UP CHECKS ALL NORMAL.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NORMAL. DURING CLIMB OUT, SELECTED GEAR UP.  AT ABOUT TREE TOP LEVEL ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH THEN QUIT.  AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DESCEND.  WITHOUT POWER, PILOT BANKED HARD RIGHT TO AVOID POWER LINES AND TREES AHEAD WITH HOPE OF LANDING IN A PASTURE.  OVERSHOT PASTURE AND INTO TREES .  AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP UPSIDE DOWN, WINGS AND LANDING GEAR LIBERATED. NO FIRE. PILOT SHUT OFF MASTER SWITCH AND EVACUATED OUT BACK DOOR.  AIRCRAFT DESTROYED.  PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES.

## 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 ERA14LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA105), Jan 26, 2014: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N36086), Millen, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to fully seat the fuel selector in the left tank position before takeoff, which resulted in fuel starvation and a subsequent 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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