# Accident 20220611010339A: Piper PA-24-250, Auburn, WA, June 11, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2022, 18:38 local time
- Place: Auburn, WA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3414° N, 122.2121° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3414&lon=-122.2121&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7482P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7482P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 961 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220611010339A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED S50 AT 1730 JUNE 11, 2022 AND WAS RETURNING TO LAND AT THE AIRPORT S50 AFTER AN HOUR OF FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED FOR LANDING ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF THE RUNWAY AT S50 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER AFTER ADVANCING THE PROPELLER LEVER FORWARD TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING. THE PILOT QUICKLY SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK FROM THE LEFT AFTER LOSING POWER AND BRIEFLY GAINED POWER BACK, BUT LOST IT AGAIN. THE PILOT COULD NOT RESTART THE ENGINE AND CRASHED LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD SOUTH OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AUBURN WA. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE FIELD AND TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL HE STRUCK AN EARTHEN BERM APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET HIGH IN THE FIELD, WHICH STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WINGS, LANDING GEAR, AND PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SPUN 90 DEGREES FROM ITS FLIGHT PATH AFTER CONTACT WITH THE DIRT. THE RIGHT WING HAS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF BUCKLING FROM THE COLLAPSE OF THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR FROM IMPACT WITH THE BERM. ALL 3 GEARS COLLAPSED UPON IMPACT WITH THE EARTHEN BERM AND BOTH WINGS SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER THEN EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND CALLED 911.

## 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 WPR22LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA213), Jun 12, 2022: Piper PA-24-250 (N7482P), Auburn, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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