# NTSB ATL86FKG01: Piper PA-32-300, N8831F, Perry, GA, October 5, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: October 4, 1985, 20:30 local (Oct 5, 1985, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Perry, GA
- Coordinates: 32.46025, -83.730041 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4603&lon=-83.7300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6987
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86FKG01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6987/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FKG01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING LOSS OF PWR DURING A X-COUNTRY FLT OF 2 HRS. 3 WITNESSES SAW THE ACFT BRING REFUELED BUT THE ONLY ONE WHO MENTIONED THE AMOUNT OF FUEL ADDED WAS THE REFUELER WHO SAID HE'TOPPED OFF' ALL 4 TANKS. THE FUEL RECEIPT TOTALED 57 GALS BUT IT WAS FOR TWO ACFT. ONLY 30 GALS WAS PUT IN THE ACC ACFT. THE PLT OF THE ACC FLT SAID THE FUEL GAUGES WENT TO ZERO AS HE WAS BEING VECTORED AROUND HEAVY TURBULENCE. THE ENG WAS RESTARTED AFTER A CHANGE OF FUEL TANKS BUT FAILED AGAIN AND WOULD NOT RESTART. DURING THE LANDING THE ACFT CLIPPED TREES & ELEC WIRES BEFORE CRASHING UPSIDE DOWN. INVESTIGATION AFTER THE ACC REVEALED NO FUEL ABOARD THE ACFT AND NO EVIDENCE OF SPILLAGE. NO FUEL LEAKS IN THE FUEL SYS WAS NOTED. THE PLT THINKS THE FUEL VENTED OR SYPHONED OUT OF THE TANKS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8831F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8831F-2013-10-24), registration cancelled 2013-10-24, S/N 32-7740025 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32-7740025
- Airframe hours: 792
- Engines: LYCOMING IO540K1G5D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Geoffrey Green
- Registered owner: Dr. A. S. Rosemore
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 2, 1985, 99 hours before
- Departed: TUSCALOOSA, AL
- Destination: 54A, PERRY, GA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 54A, Perry-Ft. Valley, runway 36, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 9,274 total, 97 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851004049169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851004049169A), Oct 4, 1985: Piper PA32300, Perry, GA, Destroyed. Struck trees and ground after engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Source of fuel leak unknown.

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.

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