# Accident 19950419009459A: Piper PA22160, Sterling Rockfa, IL, April 19, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1995, 19:15 local time
- Place: Sterling Rockfa, IL
- Airport: Whiteside Co Airport-Jos H Bitto
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7895° N, 89.6897° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7895&lon=-89.6897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9418D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9418D-1995-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 462 total, 332 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950419009459A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON TAKEOFF. TURNED BACK. LANDED SHORT. NOSED OVER. PILOT AWARE LOW FUEL PRIOR DEPARTURE. (-23) DION CARR, A PRIVATE PILOT, ACTED AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N9418D, A PA-22, WHEN HE DEPARTED WHITESIDE COUNTY AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 36. ONBOARD WAS PASSENGER WILLIAM HAVENER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AFTER TAKEOFF AND SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 18 AT WHITESIDE COUNTY AIRPORT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS SELECTED AND THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. LEFT FUEL TANK HAD FUEL REMAINING. MINOR INJURIES REPORTED BY PILOT IN COMMAND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI95LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA134), Apr 20, 1995: Piper PA-22-160 (N9418D), Rock Falls, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to refuel prior to fuel exhaustion. A factor in the accident was the pilot's poor preflight planning/preparation.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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