# Accident 20190305000899A: Piper PA-28-180, Summersville, MO, March 5, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2019, 22:15 local time
- Place: Summersville, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1959° N, 91.7031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1959&lon=-91.7031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7369W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7369W-2020-01-03) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 790 total, 6 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190305000899A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 05, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT) / 2030Z (ZULU), N7369W, PIPER PA-28-180 DEPARTED DUBLIN, VA, NEW RIVER VALLEY AIRPORT ? (KPSK) ENROUTE TO SPRINGFIELD, MO, DOWNTOWN AIRPORT ? (K3DW).  IT WAS REPORTED VIA WITNESS STATEMENT THAT PRIOR TO TAKEOFF N7369W EXPERIENCED SOME RADIO PROBLEMS, THE LANDING LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE, AND THE MAIN BATTERY NEEDED TO BE RECHARGED REQUIRING THE AIRCRAFT TO BE ?JUMP? STARTED. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED FOR SELF-SERVE FUEL AT LONDON-CORBIN, KY (KLOZ) AT 1830 EDT / 2230Z AND THEN DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1905 EDT / 2305Z AS PROVIDED BY WITNESS STATEMENT AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FOOTAGE.  THE PILOT TOOK ON APPROXIMATELY 27 GALLONS OF FUEL AT KLOZ AS PROVIDED BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER IN A SELF-SERVE FUEL TRANSACTION REPORT.  THE PILOT DID NOT SUBMIT A FLIGHT PLAN, REQUEST A PILOT WEATHER (WX) BRIEFING SERVICES FROM A FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS), OR REQUEST VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICES FROM ATC FOR EITHER LEG OF THE FLIGHT.  AT APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS INTO THE SECOND LEG OF THE FLIGHT (KLOZ TO K3DW), N7369W RAN OUT OF FUEL AND CRASHED INTO A GROVE OF WALNUT TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3.0 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUMMERSVILLE, MO. ACCORDING TO RADAR DATA RETRIEVED BY THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD, (NTSB), THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR AROUND 2205 (CDT) / 0305 (ZULU). THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 DURING THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE UPON CONTACT WITH TREES AND GROUND IMPACT AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CEN19FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA093), Mar 6, 2019: Piper PA28 (N7369W), Summersville, MO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel monitoring.

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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