# Accident 20240101000389A: Piper PA-32-300, Gordonville, PA, January 1, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2024, 14:40 local time
- Place: Gordonville, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0248° N, 76.1286° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0248&lon=-76.1286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N722RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N722RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,345 total, 637 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240101000389A

## Narrative

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

THE SELECTED FUEL TANK WAS EXHAUSTED, RESULTING IN AN IN-FLIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD, IMPACTING 2 FENCES CAUSING DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT LEFT WING, RIGHT FLAP, RIGHT SIDE OF TAIL STRUCTURE AND VERTICAL STABILIZER.

## 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 ERA24LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA081), Jan 1, 2024: Piper PA32 (N722RM), Gordonville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel management resulting in fuel starvation, a total loss of engine power, and subsequent off-airport forced landing.

## Other reports on N722RM (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050328010259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050328010259A), Mar 28, 2005: Piper PA32300 (N722RM), Jeffersonville, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) On 03/28/2005 N722RM took off from clark county airport (jvy) on a IFR flight plan in IMC. On climb out the engine failed and the pilot turned back to…
- [Incident 19990401033789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990401033789I), Apr 1, 1999: Piper PA32300 (N722RM), Goshen, IN. (-23) During an instrument approach, the pilot was instructed to maintain 2500 MSL. The a/c was observed descending toward 1900 MSL. ATC reconfirmed the…

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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