# Accident 20191211022099A: Piper PA-34-200T, Phoenix, AZ, December 11, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2019, 07:55 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Deer Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6836° N, 112.1103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6836&lon=-112.1103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2822F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2822F-2021-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200T SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,776 total, 1,280 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191211022099A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 11, 2019, ACCORDING TO DEER VALLEY ATC, AT APPROXIMATELY 07:53 LOCAL TIME, N2822F ENTERED INTO DELTA AIRSPACE. WHILE IN THE PATTERN, THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY ISSUES HE WAS HAVING ON FREQUENCY WHILE ON THE TWO-MILE BASE FOR LANDING. DURING N2822F DECENT INTO KDVT, DVT/ATC RADAR WAS DISPLAYING THE AIRCRAFT AT 2300 FEET WHILE ON BASE IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING.  DURING INTERROGATION BY DVT/ATC, N2822F WAS DISPLAYING 1900 FEET TRAVELING AT 70 KNOTS AND THEN 1500 FEET AT 60 KNOTS. DVT/ATC REPORTED THEY RECEIVED MAY DAY TRANSMISSIONS INSTATANIOUSLY FROM A PILOT BUT NO CALL SIGN ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAY DAY CALL.  HOWEVER, DVT/ATC NOTICED N2822F AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED OFF DVT/ATC RADAR AT 08:18AM LOCAL TIME.  DVT/ATC REPORT DISPLAYS THAT A PILOT FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT GO DOWN PRIOR TO THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE.

## 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 WPR20LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA038), Dec 11, 2019: Piper PA-34-200T (N2822F), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of the fuel onboard, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the fuel starvation was the erroneous indications on the fuel gauges.

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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