Piper PA-32-260 N411CP

Summary

On 8 November 2004 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA-32-260 registered N411CP was involved in an accident near Chamblee, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 November 2004 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Chamblee, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

33.8831, -84.2978

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-260

Registration

N411CP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dekalb → Winder

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

ATL05LA022

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel supply, which resulted in fuel starvation and the subsequent loss of engine power. .

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Shortly after takeoff the engine started to "sputter" and lose power. Efforts by the pilot to restore power were unsuccessful. The pilot declared an emergency and during the forced landing the airplane collided with a house. Examination of the airplane found no fuel in the right and left main fuel tanks and about five gallons of fuel in the left tip tank. The right tip tank separated during the collision sequence. There was no browning of grass or remnants of fuel at the location of the right tip tank. Fuel was not present in the fuel lines leading from the right tip tank to the engine. The engine was successfully run. According to the pilot, the airplane departed with 14 gallons of fuel in the right tip tank.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.