19860407010029A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Mesa, AZ · April 7, 1986

Date
April 7, 1986 · 02:28 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N555KS
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX86FA167
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
612 total225 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Fuel exhaustion. Crash landed on rough terrain. Flight was supervised by the chief pilot sitting in a rear seat.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL EXHAUSTION. CRASH LANDED ON ROUGH TERRAIN. FLIGHT WAS SUPERVISED BY THE CHIEF PILOT SITTING IN A REAR SEAT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.