# Accident 20151230023279A: Piper PA-28-140, Republic, MO, December 30, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2015, 21:55 local time
- Place: Republic, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1110° N, 93.4692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1110&lon=-93.4692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4643R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 65 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151230023279A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 30, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 2155 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-28-140, N4643R, WHICH HAD DEPARTED CREVE COEUR, MO ENROUTE TO AURORA, MO LOST ENGINE POWER AND CRASHED NEAR A FOOTBALL FIELD AT THE REPUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN REPUBLIC, MO.

## 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 CEN16LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA079), Dec 31, 2015: Piper 28-140 (N4643R), Republic, MO, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel management, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power during cruise flight.

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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