chperplt
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This guy was on Good Morning America this morning. He was thanking god for being alive and using the power lines to save him.. Wouldn't it have been easier for the ole mighty to just put some more gas on the plane?
Accident occurred Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at Kennesaw, GA
Aircraftiper PA-28-161, registration: N3035L
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On December 26, 2001, at about 2152 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-161, N3035L registered to Flite Services LLC, operated by Sierra Aviation as 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight crashed in the vicinity of Kennesaw, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. A VFR flight plan was filed but was not activated. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot and one passenger reported no injuries. The flight originated from Cleveland, Ohio, about 5 hours 2 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated he filed a VFR stop over flight plan to Knoxville, Tennessee (TYS). While talking with TYS approach he decided that he had sufficient fuel to continue to Clayton County Airport (Tara Field, 4A7). He climbed to his cruising altitude and proceeded down the V-97 to the Atlanta VOR. He was located north of McGee Tyson Airport at the Volunteer VOR when he checked his fuel status and determined that he still had sufficient fuel to reach TYS. A short time later, he was north of Marietta, Georgia, and had exhausted all of his fuel in the right main tank, and he estimated he had 25 minutes of fuel remaining in the left main fuel tank. His hand held GSP indicated that he was 10 minutes from Cobb County McCollum Airport Marietta, Georgia ( RYY.) He informed Atlanta approach who had been flight following with that he would proceed to RYY. He did not inform Atlanta approach of his fuel status. He started a decent to conserve fuel and informed Atlanta approach that he had a visual on the RYY airport. Atlanta approach control switched the pilot to RYY tower. The pilot did not inform the tower of his fuel status. About 4 minutes later the pilot informed the tower controller that he was out of fuel and was located about 3 1/2 miles north of the airport. The pilot assumed the best glide airspeed and looked for a forced landing site. He observed a clearing and headed for it. The airplane collided with transmission power lines and became entangled with the lines suspended above the ground inverted at about 200 feet. The pilot contacted the tower over the airplane radio and provided the coordinates for the accident site. The passenger called 911 on a cell phone. Emergency personal arrived. The airplane and power lines were secured and the pilot and passenger were extracted from the airplane.
Accident occurred Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at Kennesaw, GA
Aircraftiper PA-28-161, registration: N3035L
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On December 26, 2001, at about 2152 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-161, N3035L registered to Flite Services LLC, operated by Sierra Aviation as 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight crashed in the vicinity of Kennesaw, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. A VFR flight plan was filed but was not activated. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot and one passenger reported no injuries. The flight originated from Cleveland, Ohio, about 5 hours 2 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated he filed a VFR stop over flight plan to Knoxville, Tennessee (TYS). While talking with TYS approach he decided that he had sufficient fuel to continue to Clayton County Airport (Tara Field, 4A7). He climbed to his cruising altitude and proceeded down the V-97 to the Atlanta VOR. He was located north of McGee Tyson Airport at the Volunteer VOR when he checked his fuel status and determined that he still had sufficient fuel to reach TYS. A short time later, he was north of Marietta, Georgia, and had exhausted all of his fuel in the right main tank, and he estimated he had 25 minutes of fuel remaining in the left main fuel tank. His hand held GSP indicated that he was 10 minutes from Cobb County McCollum Airport Marietta, Georgia ( RYY.) He informed Atlanta approach who had been flight following with that he would proceed to RYY. He did not inform Atlanta approach of his fuel status. He started a decent to conserve fuel and informed Atlanta approach that he had a visual on the RYY airport. Atlanta approach control switched the pilot to RYY tower. The pilot did not inform the tower of his fuel status. About 4 minutes later the pilot informed the tower controller that he was out of fuel and was located about 3 1/2 miles north of the airport. The pilot assumed the best glide airspeed and looked for a forced landing site. He observed a clearing and headed for it. The airplane collided with transmission power lines and became entangled with the lines suspended above the ground inverted at about 200 feet. The pilot contacted the tower over the airplane radio and provided the coordinates for the accident site. The passenger called 911 on a cell phone. Emergency personal arrived. The airplane and power lines were secured and the pilot and passenger were extracted from the airplane.