# Accident 20220626022749A: Piper PA-24-250, Warmsprings, GA, June 26, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2022, 13:30 local time
- Place: Warmsprings, GA
- Airport: Roosevelt Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9715° N, 84.6976° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9715&lon=-84.6976&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14FC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14FC) (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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA291) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220626022749A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 26, 2022 A PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER, DEPARTED  ST. PETE-CLEARWATER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPIE) BOUND FOR NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY AIRPORT (KCCO). AT APPROXIMITLY 1:30 PM LOCAL TIME THE PILOT CALLED THE ATC DECLARED AN EMERGNCY DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT STATEDED HE WAS DEVERTING INTO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL AIPORT, WARM SPRINGS, GA (5A9). THE AIRPLANE DID NOT MAKE IT TO 5A9 AND CRASH LANDED IN A FIELD ABOUT 1 MILE DUE NORTH OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT HAND HIS PASSENGER WERE BOTH SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 ERA22LA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA291), Jun 26, 2022: Piper PA-24-250 (N14FC), Warm Springs, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as the result of the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection of the fuel supply before flight and the mismanagement of fuel during flight.

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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