- Date
- September 25, 1984, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8325VPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840925054129A
- Case key
- 6331
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a go-around, the engine lost all power. The pilot was able to land on the rwy. The acft went off the end of the rwy, went through a ditch, struck a fence and came to rest on an adjacent road. Examination disclosed no fuel in the left tank. The right tank was punctured in the crash sequence and contained no fuel. The acft had been flown aprx four hours without being refueled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8325V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8190143
- Airframe hours
- 1,154
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 178 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Capt Frank D. Felix
- Registered owner
- Offutt Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1984 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- TX05 · Mc Kenny, TX
- Destination
- PAH · Paducah, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MKL · Mckeller Ffield, runway 20, 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 12 in this make and model · 141 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.