ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137983
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 August 2011 |
| Time: | 04:25 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32R-301T Saratoga II TC |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N492ST |
| MSN: | 3257489 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 563 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-AH1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | In the woods of Alamance County, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chapel Hill, NC (IGX) |
| Unknown, (UNK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was stolen during nighttime hours and flown at varying airspeeds and altitudes for about 2 hours before it impacted trees and terrain. Photographs of the accident scene revealed damage indicative of an almost vertical descent and consistent with a stall. There was no indication of engine power at the time of impact, and no significant amount of fuel was found at the scene, in the airplane, or seeped into the ground. An individual, who had previously held a student pilot certificate, was arrested 2 days after the event. The individual refused to provide a statement to authorities. Fuel prior to takeoff and power settings used could not be determined; however, with fuel exhaustion occurring after only 2 hours for an airplane that should have had considerably more endurance if fully fueled and operated correctly, it is likely that the individual mismanaged the rate of fuel consumption.
Probable Cause: The individual's fuel mismanagement, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent engine failure. Contributing the accident was the individual’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed following the engine failure, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2011 01:08 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-Aug-2011 04:43 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2011 05:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2011 10:23 | Geno | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:07 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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