19950104000139A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Miamisburg, OH · January 4, 1995

Date: January 4, 1995 · 11:10 local
Place: Miamisburg, OH
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N8435P
NTSB investigation: NTSBBFO95FA026
Reported as: Piper PA28181
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,033 total50 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N8435PRegistration cancelled Nov 7, 1996 · Piper PA-28-181S/N 288290004 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181

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What happened

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Lost power en route and crashed. Fuel selector on empty tank. (-23) on January 4, 1995, at 1110 EST, a Piper PA-28-181, N8435P, registered to dayton pilots club inc. crashed while on a flight from moraine airport, Ohio (I73) to dayton general south airport, Ohio (mgy). Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. A VFR flight plan was not filed. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot and sole occupant was fatally injured.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER EN ROUTE AND CRASHED. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. (-23) ON JANUARY 4, 1995, AT 1110 EST, A PIPER PA-28-181, N8435P, REGISTERED TO DAYTON PILOTS CLUB INC. CRASHED WHILE ON A FLIGHT FROM MORAINE AIRPORT, OHIO (I73) TO DAYTON GENERAL SOUTH AIRPORT, OHIO (MGY). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB BFO95FA026Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportMiamisburg, OHThe pilot's failure to switch fuel tanks which led to fuel starvation and subsequent loss of engine power.Jan 4, 1995 · Destroyed