# Accident 20140322002669A: Piper PA-28-181, Safety Harbor, FL, March 22, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2014, 04:00 local time
- Place: Safety Harbor, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0003° N, 82.7089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0003&lon=-82.7089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8309L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8309L-2017-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140322002669A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND TWO FEMALE PASSENGERS IN THE BACK SEAT OF N8309L DEPARTED CAMPBELL AIRPORT, IL (C81) AT 19:19 EDT ON MARCH 21, 2014.  HE PUT 9.4 GAL. OF FUEL AND ONE QT. OF 15W50 OIL BEFORE DEPARTING.  HE LANDED AT JOHN C TURNER AIRPORT, TN (JWN) AT 11:11 EDT AND PUT IN 44 GAL. OF FUEL AND THEN DEPARTED JWN AT 11:40 EDT ACCORDING TO THE DATA RETRIEVAL FROM THE 496 GPS ANALYZED BY THE NTSB.  THE PILOT CALLED TAMPA APPROACH AND REPORTED A FUEL EMERGENCY AND INTENT TO LAND ON A HIGHWAY.  HE HIT HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES AND CONTACTED THE GROUND AT 04:00 EDT.  HIS MAXIMUM ALTITUDE 9600 FT AND MAXIMUM GROUND SPEED 135 KNOTS OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

## 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 ERA14FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA162), Mar 22, 2014: Piper PA-28-181 (N8309L), Safety Harbor, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment due to cocaine use.

## Other reports on N8309L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19970512012919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970512012919A), May 12, 1997: Piper PA28181 (N8309L), Grayslake, IL, Substantial damage. (4.)The pilot stated that on his fourth landing, during a series of night touch and go's, he 'flared the plane and it 'floated' for a long time.' With the end…

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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