Piper PA-32-300 N110CF

Summary

On 4 August 2002 at about 02:25 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N110CF was involved in an accident near Bluffton, Ohio, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 August 2002 at 02:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Bluffton, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Bluffton Airport (5G7)

Coordinates

40.8728, -83.8889

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N110CF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bluffton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

NYC02LA153

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's fuel mismanagement with his failure to position the fuel selector to the proper tank which resulted in engine fuel starvation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was serviced with a full load of fuel, and the pilot completed two flights without incident. The pilot then departed on a third flight. After completing the en route portion, and while preparing to land, the engine lost all power. The pilot was unable to restart the engine, and executed a forced landing to a field. The airplane touched down, rolled about 400 feet, the nose wheel collapsed, and the airplane came to a sudden stop. The accident flight was conducted with the fuel selector in the right outboard position, and at engine start, the selected tank had approximately 23.5 gallons of usable fuel. Fuel calculations done during the course of the investigation showed that approximately 22.0 gallons of fuel was required to complete the flight with no reserve. Examination of the wreckage revealed that the right outboard tank was intact and empty.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.