# Accident 20161020020249A: Smith AEROSTAR 601P, Carrollton, GA, October 20, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2016, 11:02 local time
- Place: Carrollton, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5656° N, 85.0531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5656&lon=-85.0531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601UK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601UK-2020-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 8360608, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH AEROSTAR 601P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,390 total, 36 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161020020249A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED KHMP DESTIN FOR KCTJ TO FUEL AIRPLANE.  PILOT STATED HE CHECKED FUEL PRIOR TO LEAVING KHMP.  AIRCRAFT FUEL TOTALIZER SHOWED 50 GALLONS, HE STATED HE DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK FUEL TANKS.  PILOT STATED ABOUT 8NM (GOOGLE EARTH SHOWS 6.1MILES)FROM KCTJ ENGINES BEGAN TO SURGE AND FUEL FLOW WENT TO 0, BOTH ENGINES LOST POWER WITHIN ABOUT 30 SECONDS.  PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN THE MEDIAN OF HWY 166 IN CARROLLTON GEORGIA CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 GAA17CA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA032), Oct 20, 2016: Smith AEROSTAR601 (N601UK), Carrollton, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to verify the usable fuel in the fuel tanks, which resulted in an inaccurate fuel totalizer setting during preflight, fuel exhaustion, and a total loss of engine power.

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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