# Accident 19950925030099A: Piper PA24250, Ludington, MI, September 25, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1995, 20:19 local time
- Place: Ludington, MI
- Airport: Mason County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9495° N, 86.4400° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9495&lon=-86.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6725P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6725P-2013-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 56 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA332) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950925030099A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL EN ROUTE. DAMAGE OCCURED LANDING IN PLOWED FIELD. AIRCRAFT LISTED AS DESTROYED. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING AN ATTEMPTED FORCED LANDING TO A PLOWED FIELD AFTER RUNNING OUT OF FUEL.

## 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 CHI95LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA332), Sep 25, 1995: Piper PA-24-250 (N6725P), Ludington, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: fuel exhaustion resulting from the pilot's inaccurate fuel calculations and the failure to refuel the airplane prior to takeoff. An additional cause was the stall/mush during the forced landing.

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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