# Accident 20161203019339A: Piper PA-28-180, Thomson, GA, December 3, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2016, 19:00 local time
- Place: Thomson, GA
- Airport: Thomson-Mcduffie County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5297° N, 82.5170° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THOMSON/MCDUFFIE COUNTY (HQU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5297&lon=-82.5170&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2367R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2367R-2020-04-03) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 30 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161203019339A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PREFLIGHTED HIS AIRCRAFT N2367R AT SPRUCE CREEK FLORIDA 7FL6 ON THE MORNING OF DEC 3 2016.  HE STATES THAT HE FILLED BOTH TANKS WITH FUEL THEN AFTER NOON AT APPROX 1410 LOCAL, DEPARTED FOR KLEE ON A VFR FLIGHT WITHOUT FLIGHT FLOWING.  THE FLIGHT TOOK APROX 25 MINUTES.  HE THEN DEPARTED KLEE AFTER RADIO MX FOR KAND.  AFTER PASSING KHQU ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO MAKE IT TO KAND.  HE TURNED AROUND AND SET KHQU AS THE NEW DESTINATION.  THE ENGINE STOPPED AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHANGED TANKS.  THE ENGINE STARTED BACK UP AND RAN UNTIL DOWNWIND LEG WHERE IT SHUT OFF AGAIN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES THAT IT RAN MOMENTARILY AGAIN AFTER SWITCHING TANKS BUT DID NOT CONTINUE TO RUN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TURNED BASE AND FINAL AND LANDED ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 28.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE ILS LOCALIZER AND RUNWAY LIGHT ANTENNA DESTROYING THE ANTENNA AND RIPPING BOTH WINGS OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF POST CRASH FIRE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HIS PASSENGER WERE MET AT THE SCENE BY THE FIRE DEPARTEMENT WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD A SMALL CUT ON HIS FOREHEAD BUT REFUSED TREATMENT.  THERE WERE NO OTHER INJURIES.

INVESTIGATION OF THE WRECKAGE YIELDED NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE FUEL TANKS APPEARED TO BE INTACT WITH NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKS FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE WRECKAGE.  THE ENGINE WAS ABLE TO BE TURNED COMPLETELY BY HAND.  THE PROPELLER HAD DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH LOW ENERGY AND LOW OR NO POWER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE LOG BOOKS SHOW NO RECENT MX WORK ON OR NEAR THE FUEL SYSTEM OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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