Piper PA-30 accident near NewPhiladelphia, OH
On June 16, 2003, a Piper PA-30 (airplane) was involved in an accident near NewPhiladelphia, OH. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 16, 2003
- Place
- NewPhiladelphia, OH
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-30 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.481°N, 81.440°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030701X00992
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 16, 2003, at 1542 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-30, N8162Y, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain near New Philadelphia, Ohio. The certificated private pilot, and the passenger were fatally injured. No flight plan was filed for the flight that originated at Crawfordsville Airport (CFJ), Crawfordsville, Indiana, about 1332, destined for Butler County/K.W. Scholter Field (BTP), Butler, Pennsylvania. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot departed Lee's Summit Municipal Airport (LXT), Lee's Summit, Missouri, at 1116, on a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan, destined for New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport (UWL), New Castle, Indiana. Instead, he landed at Crawfordsville Airport, at 1301, without closing his flight plan, and purchased 55.36 gallons of 100 LL fuel for the airplane. According to a fueler at Crawfordsville Airport, he first filled the left outboard tank, and noticed that it looked dry. He then proceeded to fill the left inboard tank, when the pilot approached him, and asked if the left outboard tank had looked empty to him. The fueler replied that it had looked empty. The pilot told the fueler that he thought he had run the left outboard tank dry while en route, because the left engine had shut down in flight and had to be restarted. The pilot also mentioned that he thought the left engine must have been burning more fuel than he had anticipated. The pilot paid for the fuel and departed. Several witnesses observed and heard the airplane. A
Probable cause
The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel, and his failure to maintain minimum controllable airspeed with one engine inoperative.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
