# Accident 19950721019499A: Piper PA24250, Watertown, WI, July 21, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1995, 20:45 local time
- Place: Watertown, WI
- Airport: Watertown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1904° N, 88.7196° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1904&lon=-88.7196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N999JS-1998-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950721019499A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER AFTER SWITCHING TANKS. HIT WIRES LANDING. FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. BLADDER WAS COLLAPSED. FALSE READING. (-23) ON JULY 21, 1995, AT 2059 CST THE PILOT OF PIPER PA24-250, N999JS ADVISED MSN ATCT THAT HE WAS OUT OF FUEL. AT 2106 CST CRASHED IN A VACANT LOT 1/2 MILE EAST OF WATERTOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WATERTOWN, WI BY THE PILOTS ADMISSION THE FUEL INDICATING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AND BROKE ONE ELECTRIC POWER LINE. THERE WAS ONE INJURY.

## 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 CHI95LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA236), Jul 22, 1995: Piper PA-24-250 (N999JS), Watertown, WI, destroyed. Probable cause: fuel exhaustion resulting from the improper fuel bladder installation by maintenance personnel. Factors associated with this accident were the collapsed fuel bladder that eliminated about 30 percent…

## Other reports on N999JS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810422037399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810422037399I), Apr 22, 1981: Piper PA24250 (N999JS), Burlington, CT, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck hangar after engine start at high RPM when non certificated person lost control, maintenance engrun

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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