# Accident 20180529015149A: Piper PA-46-310P, Prescott, AZ, May 29, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2018, 21:15 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A. Love Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3406° N, 112.2942° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3406&lon=-112.2942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N148ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N148ME-2020-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-46-310P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180529015149A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 29, 2018, ABOUT 18:05 PDT A 1986 PIPER MALIBU PA-46-310P SERIAL NUMBER 46-8608009, N148ME STANDARD CATEGORY AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WHITEMAN AIRPORT (KWHP) IN LOS ANGELES, CA. AND ARRIVED AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT (KSNS) IN SANTA ANA, CA AT ABOUT 18:44 PDT. AT ABOUT 18:52 PDT THE PILOT REQUESTED 20 GALLONS OF FUEL WITH 10 GALLONS A SIDE FROM ACI JET AT (KSNA). THE PILOT LATER CANCELLED HIS REQUEST AT 19:12 PDT, BECAUSE ACI WAS PREOCCUPIED FUELING OTHER AIRCRAFT. IT WAS REPORTED THE PILOT AND TWO (2) PASSENGERS WALKED OUT OF ACI JET. ACCORDING TO FLIGHT AWARE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WHICH DEPARTED (KSNA) AT 19:40 PDT. THE PILOT CONTACTED (KPRC) TOWER STATING HE WAS ?13 OUT REQUESTING STRAIGHT IN TO THREE PLEASE?. TOWER REPLIED UNABLE DUE TO TRAFFIC. PILOT RESPONDED ?WE NEED PRIORITY WE ARE MINIMUM FUEL?. TOWER CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT AS REQUESTED. TOWER REQUESTED HOW MUCH FUEL WAS REMAINING. PILOT STATED ?WE ARE DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WE ARE OUT OF FUEL? NEXT PILOT REPORTED ?WHERE IS A ROAD AT WE CAN TAKE SIR? TOWER REPLIED N148ME ARE YOU REQUESTING TO LAND ON A HIGHWAY. PILOT STATED ?WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SIR WE CAN?T MAKE THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON A CITY ROAD AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING IMPACTED A LIGHT POLE CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO SEPARATE FROM THE FUSELAGE AT THE WING ROOT. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER UPSIDE DOWN AS IT SLIDE DOWN THE ROAD. THE PILOT AND TWO (2) PASSENGERS EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH OUT ASSISTANTS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES FORM PERSONS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT OR ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT FIRE. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO 1ST AVENUE MALIBU SERVICES LLC AND WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED WITH ATC.

## 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 GAA18CA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA312), May 30, 2018: Piper PA 46 (N148ME), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent 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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