- Date
- February 21, 1983, 19:15 local (Feb 22, 1983, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pulaski, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9264JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830221006449A
- Case key
- 6020
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with trees during a forced landing after fuel exhaustion on the final leg of a cross-country. The pilot made 5 enroute stops and no refueling was performed at any point during those stops. Departing the last stop the pilot estimated 45 minutes of fuel remained. The engine stopped at an altitude of 4500 feet about 9 miles from destination. After the accident the owner found 6 ounces of fuel in one tank and none in the other tank. The carburetor bowl had one and one-half ounces of fuel in it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9264J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2762
- Airframe hours
- 2,761
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Virginia Caroline Air Co., Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 15, 1983 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- BCB · Blacksburg, VA
- Destination
- HCX · Hillsville, VA
- Airport
- HLX · Twin, runway 35, 3,400 × 60 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 944 total · 100 in this make and model · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 7 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.