Piper PA-28-180 N7751N

Summary

On 3 October 2007 at about 17:48 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7751N, operated by Stephen R. Pomeroy, was involved in an accident near Fairview, Tennessee, United States. One person was 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

3 October 2007 at 17:48

Classification

Accident

Location

Fairview, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Gallatin (M33)

Coordinates

36.0347, -87.1433

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N7751N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Stephen R. Pomeroy

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Shreveport → Gallatin

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC08CA002

1 person had minor injuries.

A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the Piper PA-28-180 had been flying for about 3 hours 35 minutes when the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion, and he performed a forced landing to trees. The airplane impacted 50-foot tall trees prior to striking the ground. The pilot reported that he had topped-off the airplane's fuel tanks, which had a total capacity of 44 gallons of usable fuel prior to the flight. He leaned the fuel mixture during the flight, and expected the airplane to have an endurance of 4.6 hours. Examination of the wreckage and accident site did not reveal any evidence that either fuel tank contained an appreciable amount of fuel at impact. The pilot reported 94 hours of total flight experience; which included about 13 hours in the same make and model as the accident airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.