# Accident 20140915022169A: Piper PA-28-180, St. Petersburg, FL, September 15, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2014, 10:30 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7772° N, 82.6267° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7772&lon=-82.6267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15833, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15833-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA440](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA440) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140915022169A

## Narrative

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

ON A THREE LEG CROSS COUNTRY FROM KNEW (1ST LEG NEW ORLEANS LAKE FRONT)  TO KPNS (2ND LEG PENSACOLA, FL), KPNS  TO KTLH (3RD LEG - TALLAHASSEE, FL) KTLH TO KSPG, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.  THE PIC PURCHASED 39.8 GALLON'S OF FUEL IN PENSACOLA, FL.  WHILE MANUEVERING FOR LANDING ON A ONE HALF MILE FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 18 AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND TERRAIN.

## 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 ERA14LA440](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA440), Sep 15, 2014: Piper PA 28-180 (N15833), St. Petersburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel management.

## Other reports on N15833 (1)

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

- [Incident 20040530011939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040530011939I), May 30, 2004: Piper PA28180 (N15833), New Orleans, LA. (-23) Aircraft's engine quit on takeoff. Instructor pilot was able to turn back to airport and land without injury to himself or student pilot. There was no…

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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