# Accident 20140507005929A: Piper PA-28-181, Henning, TN, May 7, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2014, 11:07 local time
- Place: Henning, TN
- Airport: Covington Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5833° N, 89.5872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5833&lon=-89.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4506W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4506W-2016-04-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 196 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140507005929A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 07, 2014^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(PIC)OF PA-28 N4506W DEPARTED DAYTON, OH BOUND FOR COVINGTON, TN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FUELED THE AIRCRAFT TO FULL CAPACITY(APPROX 48 GALLONS).  THE PIC DID FILE A FLIGHT PLAN(IFR) TO MEMPHIS, TN.  THE WINDS AT COVINGTON AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 15-17KNOTS.  THE PIC CANCELED THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN WHEN HE WAS APPPROXIMATELY 7 MILES FROM COVINGTON AIRPORT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RADIOED THE COVINGTON AIRPORT REPORTING THAT HE WAS LOW ON FUEL AND LANDING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.    THE AIRCRAFTS' LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE, CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A SWAMPY WOODED AREA 3 MILES NE OF COVINGTON AIRPORT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THERE WAS INDICATION OF FUEL EXHAUSTION.  NO POST CRASH FIRE, PROP HAD NO INDICATION OF PRODUCING POWER BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED.  NO FUEL PRESENT IN EITHER WINGS. NO INDICATION OF FUEL PRESENT NEAR OR AROUND THE CRASH SITE.

## 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 ERA14LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA227), May 7, 2014: Piper PA-28-181 (N4506W), Covington, TN, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight and in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power over unsuitable terrain.

## Other reports on N4506W (1)

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

- [Accident 19831231064419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831231064419A), Dec 31, 1983: Piper PA28181 (N4506W), Hebron, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot could not stop aircraft from sliding off end of runway and crashing into trees.

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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