# Accident 19990426004089A: Piper PA25235, Wendover, UT, April 26, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1999, 15:15 local time
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Airport: Wendover Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8193° N, 113.5706° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8193&lon=-113.5706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N906DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N906DS-2002-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990426004089A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23)PILOT DEPARTED BRIGHAM CITY, UT (BMC) WITH FULL FUEL, 36 GALS. DESTINATION WAS WENDOVER UT (ENV) THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 110NM.  UPON ARRIVAL AT ENV THE PILOT CONTACTED UNICOM, WHEREUPON, HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED PER NOTAM.  PILOT THEN CIRCLED A FEW MINUTES WHILE THE AIRPORT MANAGER ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THE RWY OF MEN AND EQUIPMENT.  PRIOR TO GETTING THE RWY CLEARED THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION (EXHAUSTED FUEL).  PILOT ATTEMTPED TO LAND ON RWY 12 BUT DID NOT QUITE MAKE IT AND LANDED IN SEMI-ROUGH TERRAIN IN A STALLED CONDITION AND THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE PILOT DEPARTED BMC AT APPROXIMATELY 13:40 MDT AND CRASHED AT APPROXIMATELY 15:15 MDT, ELAPSED TIME OF 01:35 MINTUES.  PILOT FIGURED THE AIRCRAFT BURNED ABOUT 15 GPH WHICH SHOULD HAVE GIVEN ABOUT 02:34 OF FLIGHT TIME.  POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF FUEL TANK AND SYSTEM FAILED TO DIVULGE ANY LEAKS OR SYSTEM FAILURES.  AT THIS POINT THE CAUSE OF THE UNUSALLY HIGH CONSUMPTION RATE IS UNKNOWN.  FURTHER, THE PILOT ADMITS NOT CHECKING NOTAMS FOR ENV.

## 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 DEN99LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA065), Apr 26, 1999: Piper PA-25-235 (N906DS), Wendover, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight/in-flight planning and decision making, resulting in fuel supply exhaustion. A factor was the closed runway condition.

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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