# Accident 20140506007639A: Piper PA-32-300, Carroll, OH, May 6, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2014, 21:30 local time
- Place: Carroll, OH
- Airport: Fairfield County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7536° N, 82.6744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7536&lon=-82.6744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5222S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5222S-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (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-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 4 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140506007639A

## Narrative

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

ON 5/6/2014, PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRAVELED TO FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO AIRPORT FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT OF PRACTICE FLIGHTS.  FOLLOWING PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO OPERATIONAL ISSUES NOTED.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE.  THE INITIAL FLIGHT AROUND THE PATTERN PROVED UNEVENTFUL.  AIRCRAFT LANDED ON LHQ RUNWAY 10.  WHILE STILL ROLLING, AIRCRAFT WAS AGAIN CONFIGURED FOR NORMAL TAKEOFF WHICH IT ACCOMPLISHED AGAIN UNEVENTFUL. FOLLOWING CONFIGURATION FOR LANDING THE SECOND TIME, PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER WHILE ESTABLISHING DESCENT TO THE RUNWAY.  WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND.  FOLLOWING HIS CONFIRMATION THAT NOTHING OBVIOUS WAS AT FAULT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INFORMED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT THEY HAD LOST THE ENGINE.  AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DETERMINED THE BEST PLACE TO LAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.   THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN LANDED APPROXIMATELY .5 MILES FROM THE END OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY 10 BEHIND A LOCAL FARM. THE ADDRESS WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 CEN14LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA233), May 7, 2014: Piper PA 32-300 (N5222S), Lancaster, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation due to the deterioration of the fuel selector valve, which allowed fuel to be fed from only the right tip tank. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate annual inspection,…

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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