- Date
- August 19, 1985, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Spring City, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23376Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850819047839A
- Case key
- 6859
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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) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system - siphoningCause
Forced landing
Terrain condition - open field
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
The student was on a solo cross-country training flight when the engine lost total power without warning. The plt made an emergency landing in a field and durning the landing the aircraft collided with trees and was substantially damaged. Post crash examination revealed that air was being drawn into the system through the gascolator o-ring seal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23376
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0116
- Airframe hours
- 848
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Volunteer Aviation
- Registered owner
- Ross A. Ramsey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TYS · Knoxville, TN
- Destination
- CJE · Cookeville, TN
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 38 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CSV, 15 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.