- Date
- September 3, 1983, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Odum, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8636LPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830903046339A
- Case key
- 6188
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt stated he ran out of fuel about 1/2 mi from the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8636L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-5073
- Airframe hours
- 2,467
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Curry T. Haynes Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 29, 1983
- Airport
- JES · Jesup-Wayne County
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,558 total · 589 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 99 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.