- Date
- March 6, 1982, 17:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Taylorville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N9783JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820306070629A
- Case key
- 72796
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft departed akron, NY at 1154 EST on a flight to charlotte,NC. Toward late afternoon, as the sun began to set, one of the passengers (the pilot's daughter), informed the pilot that the aircraft was getting low on fuel. He diverted toward an airport, but before arriving, the engine lost power and the aircraft crashed during an emergency landing. An examination of the fuel system revealed no indication of a fuel leak. The engine was examined and no preexisting malfunctions were noted. Reportely, the aircraft had been service with a full load of fuel (50 gal capacity) before takeoff. It had been operated for 5 hrs and 24 min before crashing. The performance charts showed that it would cruise about 5 hrs at 75% power or about 6.8 hrs at 55% power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9783J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3984
- Airframe hours
- 1,258
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- M.L. Salehorn
- Registered owner
- M.L. Salehorn
- Departed
- C · Akron, NY
- Destination
- C · Charlotte, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 412 total · 5 in this make and model · 298 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.