# Accident 20190516004409A: Piper PA-28-140, Maitland, FL, May 16, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2019, 17:25 local time
- Place: Maitland, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6300° N, 81.3894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6300&lon=-81.3894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6753W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6753W-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,894 total, 651 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190516004409A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED ANDERSON, SC (AND) WITH LEFT AND RIGHT TANKS FULL OF FUEL WITH A PLANNED DESTINATION TO ORLANDO EXECUTIVE (ORL).  THE PILOT STATED IT HAD BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE THE ANNUAL HAD BEEN DONE AND THAT WAS WHY HE WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT TO ORL.  I VERIFIED THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS REFLECTED THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLIED WITH ON 12/18/2014.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS THE AIRCRAFT OWNER AND PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT AND DID NOT HAVE A PRE-BUY INSPECTION COMPLETED.  THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT NEED TO MAKE ANY STOPS FOR ADDITIONAL FUEL, BECAUSE HE KNEW HE HAD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE FLIGHT TO ORL.  THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE ACTED LIKE IT WAS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AND HE NOTICED ACCORDING TO THE FUEL GAGE, THE LEFT WAS EMPTY SO HE SWITCH TO THE RIGHT, DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND LOOKED FOR THE BEST PLACE TO LAND.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, HITTING A CAR, BETWEEN TWO ON RAMP ENTRANCES TO I-4 WEST BOUND FROM KELLER ROAD IN MAITLAND DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION.   THE PROPELLER WAS NOT TURNING AND THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED.  THERE NO FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF, AND THE RIGHT WING SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO INCLUDE LEADING EDGE TORN, BUCKED, WRINGED SKIN.  THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE SKIN AND COWLING WERE ALSO BUCKLED AND TORN AS WELL AS SKIN BUCKLING NEAR THE WINDSHIELD.

## 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 GAA19CA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA272), May 16, 2019: Piper PA28 (N6753W), Maitland, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, the total loss of engine power, and subsequent impact with a car during an emergency landing on a road.

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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