- Date
- September 23, 1982, 19:08 local (23:08 UTC)
- Place
- London, KY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30MWPiper PA-31
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820923049769A
- Case key
- 71470
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft was on a flight from palm beach, FL to London, KY. Five miles short of runway 23 at London, both engines quit and the aircraft made a forced landing. Post crash examination revealed less than one gallon of fuel on board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30MW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-44
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-54-AIA, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dodson Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dodson Aviation Inc.
- Departed
- C · Palm Beach, FL
- Destination
- C · London, KY
- Airport
- LOZ · London-Corbin, runway 23, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.