# NTSB Accident CHI05CA093
> **Piper PA-32RT-300** · 2005-04-08 · St. Charles, MO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI05CA093
- **Event ID:** 20050426X00505
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-04-08
- **Location:** St. Charles, MO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.726665, -90.508056
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-32RT-300
- **Registration:** N36691
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by his failure to switch fuel tanks which resulted in fuel starvation and the loss of engine power.  A factor was the trees.

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