# Accident 20160609007309A: Piper PA-28-180, Roseville, SC, June 9, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2016, 15:00 local time
- Place: Roseville, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4142° N, 80.8114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4142&lon=-80.8114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7355W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7355W-2021-04-30) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA302) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160609007309A

## Narrative

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

ON THURSDAY JUNE 9, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1510 LOCAL TIME, N7355W, A PIPER PA 28-180 WAS VFR ENROUTE FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT, BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, (ARW), TO JIM HAMILTON LB OWENS AIRPORT, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, (CUB), WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE AND AS A RESULT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD IN ROWESVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 29133, (LAT/LONG: 33 DEG 24?51.84 N, 80 DEG 48?41.55 W). ON LANDING IN THE SOFT FIELD THE RIGHT HAND WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HAND AILERON CONTROL SURFACE AND THE UPPER OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE WING BUT OTHERWISE WAS INTACT. THERE WERE 2 POB WITH NO INJURIES. THE FUEL TANKS BOTH APPEARED TO BE EMPTY AND THE FUEL GAGES WHEN POWERED SHOWED EMPTY. THE A&P WHO EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT STATED A FUEL LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL FLOW TRANSDUCER AND THE CARBURETOR HAD BROKEN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE FUEL.

## 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 GAA16CA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA302), Jun 9, 2016: Piper PA 28 (N7355W), Rowesville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fuel line failure between the fuel transducer and the carburetor, which resulted in a total loss of engine power and subsequent forced off airport landing.

## Other reports on N7355W (1)

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

- [Accident 20200522007119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200522007119A), May 22, 2020: Piper PA-28-180 (N7355W), Steele, MO, Substantial damage. Received notification of an aircraft accident involving a Piper PA-28-180 cherokee with a registration of N7355W. Aircraft was at 3,000 feet, level 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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