# Accident 20150508007139A: Piper PA-32R-300, Doraville, GA, May 8, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2015, 10:00 local time
- Place: Doraville, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8911° N, 84.2728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8911&lon=-84.2728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5802V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5802V-2018-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO 540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 356 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150508007139A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT PDK FROM ASHEVILLE, NC AT 9AM, WITH/ 1 POB. PILOT REQUESTED FUEL, (10GALS. EACH SIDE). THE CREW LOADED THE LUGGAGE. PILOT, 3 ADULTS AND A PET BOARDED AIRCRAFT AT ABOUT 945AM. THEY DEPARTED AIRPORT ON 3L. ONCE AIRBOURNE, THE PILOT INDICATED HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE AND WAS GOING TO LAND ON THE INTERSTATE. THE AIRCRAFT NICKED THE HOOD OF A SEMI TRUCK TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON THE HIGHWAY BEFORE STRIKING THE RETAINING WALL WHICH DEVIDES EAST AND WEST BOUND TRAFFIC. A POST CRASH FIRE CONSUMED THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA15FA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA208), May 8, 2015: Piper PA-32R-300 (N5802V), Atlanta, GA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to contamination in the fuel manifold, which resulted in a collision with terrain shortly after takeoff.

## Other reports on N5802V (3)

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

- [Incident 20040712020459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040712020459I), Jul 12, 2004: Piper PA32R300 (N5802V), Marion, IN, Minor damage. (-23) On July 12, 2004, at 1020 central daylight time, a Piper PA-32R-300 lance, N5802V, operated by private thomas s. rushworth, made a wheels up landing at…
- [Accident 19831130061269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831130061269A), Nov 30, 1983: Piper PA32R300 (N5802V), Rawlins, WY, Substantial damage. Pilot misjudged approach and landed short of runway.
- [Accident 19780124000919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780124000919A), Jan 24, 1978: Piper PA32RT300 (N5802V), Aberdeen, SD, Substantial damage. Rt. L/g retract rod bent.

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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