# Accident 20191010023459A: Piper PA-28-181, Dayton, OH, October 10, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2019, 15:58 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5889° N, 84.2247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5889&lon=-84.2247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8078X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8078X-2023-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 158 total, 146 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191010023459A

## Narrative

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

ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1553 EDT, A PIPER ARCHER PA-28 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION N-NUMBER N8078X, WAS RETURNING TO DAYTON SOUTH AIRPORT (MGY) FROM THE BRANCH COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (KOEB). ON DESCENT INTO MGY THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING, THE PILOT ELECTED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON SPRING VALLEY ROAD NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. SHORTLY AFTER LANDING ON THE ROAD THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A VEHICLE AT THE CORNER OF YANKEE AND WEST SPRING VALLEY PIKE IN DAYTON, OHIO, 1.8 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH EAST OF THE DESTINATION AIRPORT.

THE FUSELAGE AND LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO THE IMPACT WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT FIRE EVEN THOUGH THE FUEL CELL ON THE LEFT WAS COMPROMISED.  NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE. THE FUEL SECTOR WAS FOUND ON THE LEFT TANK AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE, AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE RIGHT WING WAS INTACT AND CONTAINED FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO MGY AIRPORT, WITH NTSB PERMISSION, AND PLACED IN SECURE HANGER.

ON OCTOBER 11, 2019 THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED; FUEL SAMPLE WERE TAKEN FROM THE RIGHT WING WITH NO EVIDENCE OF CONTAMINATION OR WATER FOUND. FUEL SCREENS WERE REMOVED FROM THE SEDIMENT BULB AND FUEL PUMP THERE WAS  LITTLE TO NO CONTAMINATION NOTED ON THE SCREENS. SPARK PLUGS WERE REMOVED AND INSPECTED NO NOTABLE FINDING FOUND. ALL CYLINDERS WERE INTACT AND SOME COMPRESSION WAS NOTED ON EACH CYLINDER. THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS DRAINED OF ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF FUEL.

THE JAMES M COX DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DAY), WHICH IS  19.2NM NORTH OF KMGY, WEATHER OBSERVATION REPORTED THE WEATHER AT  1556 EDT TO BE 10 STATUTE MILES OF VISIBILITY, SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 5,500 FEET AGL AND BROKEN AT 19,000 FEET AGL, TEMPERATURE OF 27 DEGREES CELSIUS, AND WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 9 KNOTS.

## 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 GAA20CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA017), Oct 10, 2019: Piper PA28 (N8078X), Dayton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel starvation, a total loss of engine power, and an off-airport landing, during which the airplane struck a vehicle.

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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