- Date
- May 18, 1985, 08:51 local (12:51 UTC)
- Place
- Milledgeville, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8289HPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850518018219A
- Case key
- 6610
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft left home airport at 0400. Flt plan left with FBO indicated 6 hours to destination, no en route stops, and 4+30 hours fuel on board. Fuel consumption calculated, 4+36 hours endurance available. Acft flew 4+47 hours. The pilot told approach control acft was flying on flumes about 10 minutes prior to the accident. No fuel was found in the acft nor spilled on the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8289H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 288116073
- Airframe hours
- 2,234
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D36, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gardens Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1985 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- PBI · West Palm Bch, FL
- Destination
- RKW · Rockwood, TN
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 157 total · 47 in this make and model · 92 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCN, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.