# Accident 20180113000779A: Piper PA-28-236, Tishomingo, OK, January 13, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2018, 07:48 local time
- Place: Tishomingo, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1986° N, 96.6744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1986&lon=-96.6744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4345K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4345K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 634 total, 522 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180113000779A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED FROM THE MEMORIAL FIELD AIRPORT, NEAR HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, ABOUT 0940, AND WAS INTENDING TO GO TO ARDMORE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEAR ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA.  PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AT TISHOMINGO AIRPARK, NEAR TISHOMINGO, OKLAHOMA TO OBTAIN FUEL.  THERE WAS NO FUEL SERVICE AVAILABLE. PILOT THEN DEPARTED.  THE AIRCRAFT GOT TO ABOUT 1,500 FT AGL AND THE ENGINE CHUGGED.  PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND TOWARD THE FIELD AND DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREES SHORT AND LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TERRAIN INVERTED WHERE IT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES NOTED WITH THE AIRPLANE DURING THE FLIGHT. ALSO, NO FUEL PRESENT IN FUEL LINES AT ENGINE OR EVEDENCE OF FUEL SPILLIAGE ON THE TERRAIN SURFACE.

## 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 CEN18LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA075), Jan 13, 2018: Piper PA 28-236 (N4345K), Tishomingo, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel monitoring and his decision to take off with an unverified amount of fuel, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent impact…

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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