# NTSB ATL84FLT15: Piper PA-28-181, N8325V, Jackson, TN, September 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 25, 1984, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Coordinates: 36.129177, -88.509399 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1292&lon=-88.5094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6331
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FLT15
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6331/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FLT15

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, go-around (vfr)
  - fluid,fuel - low level (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - performed, pilot in command
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, other
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command
- Overrun, landing - roll
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8325V), registered now, S/N 28-8190143, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8190143
- Airframe hours: 1154
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840925054129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840925054129A), Sep 25, 1984: Piper PA28181, Jackson, TN, Substantial damage. After go around engine quit from fuel exhaustion on downwind leg. Aircraft was landed long and ran off runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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